Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 1, 2015, 7:59 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 1, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2015, 7:59 AM EDT (11:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 8:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 12:01 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 00:00Z, 12.0 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
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
182 WHUS41 KOKX 011159 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 759 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-020100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0005.150701T1600Z-150702T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 759 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE THIS MORNING...BECOMING HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FT THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
332 WHUS41 KOKX 020051 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 851 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-020200- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150702T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 851 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 9:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 31 hr | |
| Jul 1, 3:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, New York, Richmond, Westchester | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 3:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 112 min |
| Jul 1, 4:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, New York, Richmond, Rockland | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 86 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 84 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester | 116 min |
| Jul 1, 4:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, New York, Rockland, Westchester | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 4:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 5:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 89 min | |
| Jul 1, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 1, 5:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 5:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 26 min | |
| Jul 1, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 61 min |
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.