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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 28, 2013, 4:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 29, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2013, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 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 20:56 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 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
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
201 WHUS41 KOKX 282054 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 454 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-290130- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.130629T1000Z-130630T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130629T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 454 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT... 4 TO 6 F. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS EVENING....AND AGAIN SATURDAY. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
361 WHUS41 KOKX 290102 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 902 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-291000- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130629T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.130629T1000Z-130630T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 902 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT... 4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
143 WHUS41 KOKX 290824 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 424 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.130629T1000Z-130630T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 424 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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. && $$
885 WHUS41 KOKX 292025 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 425 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING... ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE SUNDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300200- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0008.130630T1000Z-130701T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-130630T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 425 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 7 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
966 WHUS41 KOKX 300059 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 859 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE SUNDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300900- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-130630T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0008.130630T1000Z-130701T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 859 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 7 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SUNDAY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 9:29 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 6 hr | |
| Jun 27, 9:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, Queens | 88 min |
| Jun 27, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 34 min | |
| Jun 27, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 89 min |
| Jun 27, 11:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 83 min |
| Jun 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 5 days |
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.