Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at May 23, 2013, 5:09 PM EDT for Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at May 24, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2013, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Nassau County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WHUS41 KOKX 232109 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 509 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ON FRIDAY FOR THE OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND... NYZ080-081-179-240900- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0001.130524T1000Z-130525T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 509 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...DAYTIME HOURS ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ GOODMAN
2 follow-up statements
826 WHUS41 KOKX 240851 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 451 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND... NYZ080-081-179-242200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.130524T1000Z-130525T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 451 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...STRONGEST RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
027 WHUS41 KOKX 242135 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 535 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND... NYZ080-081-179-250100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130525T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 535 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...INTO 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 56 min |
| May 23, 12:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 5 hr |
| May 23, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 90 min |
| May 23, 1:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 39 min |
| May 23, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 119 min |
| May 23, 3:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | New York, Richmond | 87 min |
| May 23, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 3 hr |
| May 23, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 2 hr |
| May 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Westchester | 117 min |
| May 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 56 min | |
| May 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 2 hr |
| May 23, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Westchester | 2 hr |
| May 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Westchester | 5 hr |
| May 23, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Rockland | 3 hr |
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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.