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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY

June 11, 2013Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 11, 2013, 12:23 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2013, 12:23 PM EDT (16:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2013, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
8 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 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

488 
WHUS41 KOKX 111623
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1223 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013

...STRONG RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NYZ080-081-120100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0003.130611T1623Z-130612T0100Z/
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1223 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE
  CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
  THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS
  THE SURF.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT.

* LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. IMPLIES THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
743 
WHUS41 KOKX 120020
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
820 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013


NYZ080-081-120130-
/O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130612T0100Z/
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
820 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

WITH THE BEACH DAY COMING TO A CLOSE THE RIP CURRENT HAZARD
STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL
GRADUALLY LESSEN OVERNIGHT...WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ON WEDNESDAY.

$$

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.