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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 9, 2013, 4:08 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 9, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2013, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853 WHUS41 KOKX 090808 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 408 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-100100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0013.130809T1000Z-130810T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 408 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 4:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 11 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 47 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 112 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 7:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.