Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2015, 3:26 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 22, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2015, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2015, 2:38 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637 WHUS41 KOKX 211926 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 326 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... NYZ075-080-178-179-221000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0015.150922T1000Z-150923T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 326 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NASSAU COUNTY AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...TUESDAY. 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...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NYZ081-221000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150923T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 326 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ JMC
4 follow-up statements
481 WHUS41 KOKX 220809 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 409 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE OCEAN BEACHES TODAY... NYZ081-230000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150923T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 409 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NYZ075-080-178-179-230000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0015.150922T1000Z-150923T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 409 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NASSAU COUNTY AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
120 WHUS41 KOKX 222034 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 434 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE OCEAN BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NYZ081-230445- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150923T2300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 434 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NYZ075-080-178-179-230445- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150923T2300Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 434 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NASSAU COUNTY AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ JMC
625 WHUS41 KOKX 222327 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 727 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE OCEAN BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NYZ081-231200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150923T2300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 727 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NYZ075-080-178-179-231200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150923T2300Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 727 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NASSAU COUNTY AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ JMC
642 WHUS41 KOKX 230638 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 238 AM EDT WED SEP 23 2015 NYZ075-080-178-179-230745- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150923T2300Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 238 AM EDT WED SEP 23 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS LOWERED TO MODERATE AS SEAS AND WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. NOTE THAT LIFEGUARDS ARE NOT ON DUTY - THUS IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT INEXPERIENCE SWIMMERS NOT ENTER THE WATER. ALSO...REMEMBER TO NEVER SWIM ALONE. $$ NYZ081-230745- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150923T2300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 238 AM EDT WED SEP 23 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS LOWERED TO MODERATE AS SEAS AND WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. NOTE THAT LIFEGUARDS ARE NOT ON DUTY - THUS IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT INEXPERIENCE SWIMMERS NOT ENTER THE WATER. ALSO...REMEMBER TO NEVER SWIM ALONE. $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.