Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 20, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 21, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2015, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WHUS41 KOKX 202203 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 603 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ..HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK SUNDAY... NYZ081-211000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0003.150621T1000Z-150622T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 603 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...OCEAN SHORELINES OF SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
994 WHUS41 KOKX 210730 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 330 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 ..HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR OCEAN BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK COUNTY TODAY... NYZ081-220100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.150621T1000Z-150622T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 330 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN SHORELINES OF SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
032 WHUS41 KOKX 212325 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 725 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 NYZ081-220030- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150622T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 725 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.