Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 14, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 20, 2013, 3:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 21, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2013, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2013, 3:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 19:59 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 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
778 WHUS41 KOKX 201959 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 359 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-211100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0014.130921T1000Z-130922T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 359 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE SATURDAY MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...INCREASING TO LOW AFTER 6 PM. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
589 WHUS41 KOKX 210837 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 437 AM EDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-211700- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.130921T1000Z-130922T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 437 AM EDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS... NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE THIS MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...INCREASING TO LOW AFTER 6 PM. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
767 WHUS41 KOKX 211025 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 625 AM EDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-212015- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130922T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 625 AM EDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS... NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE THIS MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...INCREASING TO LOW AFTER 6 PM. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 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. && $$
753 WHUS41 KOKX 211905 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 305 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2013 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-212015- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130922T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 305 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...BUT STILL A MODERATE RISK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. IF VENTURING TO THE OCEAN BEACHES THIS EVENING...BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IF THINKING OF GOING IN THE WATER. LIFEGUARDS ARE NOT ON DUTY. WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 3 FEET AND A EAST SOUTHEAST SWELL...THERE IS A MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS. EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMER SHOULD NEVER SWIM ALONE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 3:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 66 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013
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.