Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2013, 4:52 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jul 26, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2013, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2013, 3:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422 WHUS41 KOKX 252052 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 452 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY... NYZ081-261000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.130726T1000Z-130727T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 452 PM EDT THU JUL 25 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...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK DUE TO PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
787 WHUS41 KOKX 260818 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 418 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ081-261600- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.130726T1000Z-130727T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 418 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK DUE TO PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
383 WHUS41 KOKX 261541 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1141 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ081-270100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-130727T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1141 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK DUE TO PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS. * SURF HEIGHT...3 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. && $$ MPS
946 WHUS41 KOKX 261948 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 348 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 NYZ081-262100- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-130727T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 348 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THE ANTICIPATED STRONG LOG PERIOD SWELL DID NOT MATERIALIZE...THEREFORE THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MALOIT
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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.