Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 7, 2014, 4:38 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 7, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2014, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 7:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612 WHUS41 KOKX 070838 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 438 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-080100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0005.140707T1800Z-140708T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 438 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN FACING BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE...THEN HIGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
708 WHUS41 KOKX 071027 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 627 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-080100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0005.140707T1800Z-140708T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 627 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN FACING BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE...THEN HIGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * OUTLOOK...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING ONCE AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
620 WHUS41 KOKX 072017 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 417 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-080430- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.140708T1000Z-140709T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140708T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 417 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES FOR TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN FACING BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE TOMORROW MORNING...BECOMING HIGH AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FT. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE THREAT DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT...INCREASING ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE TODAY. LOW RISK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. 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. && $$
163 WHUS41 KOKX 072327 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 727 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-081100- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140708T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0006.140707T2327Z-140709T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 727 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN FACING BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE THREAT TONIGHT...BECOMING HIGH AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FT. * TIMING...THE THREAT DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT...INCREASING ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE TONIGHT. LOW RISK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 14 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam | 64 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.