Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 4, 2012, 4:27 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Sep 4, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2012, 4:27 AM EDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 4, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2012, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WHUS41 KOKX 040827 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 427 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NYZ081-041630- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0008.120904T1000Z-120905T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 427 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
137 WHUS41 KOKX 041435 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1035 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NYZ081-042245- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120905T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1035 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
555 WHUS41 KOKX 042055 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 455 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY... NYZ081-051000- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120905T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0009.120905T1000Z-120906T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 455 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ NYZ075-080-178-179-051000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0009.120905T1000Z-120906T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 455 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF NASSAU AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY...AS WELL AS BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 4:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 84 min |
| Sep 4, 6:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 53 min |
| Sep 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland | 111 min |
| Sep 4, 4:55 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 4 days |
| Sep 4, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland | 14 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.