Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 21, 2016, 5:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 22, 2016, 3:28 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2016, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2016, 3:28 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
097 WHUS41 KOKX 212159 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 559 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK ATLANTIC BEACHES WEDNESDAY... NYZ081-220900- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0001.160622T1000Z-160623T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 559 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
221 WHUS41 KOKX 220728 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 328 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... NYZ075-080-178-179-222000- /O.EXB.KOKX.RP.S.0001.160622T0728Z-160623T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 328 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...FROM TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NYZ081-222000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0001.160622T0728Z-160623T0100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 328 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...TODAY INTO 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. && $$ MALOIT
348 WHUS41 KOKX 222039 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 439 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-230100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160623T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 439 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 38 min | |
| Jun 21, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 31 min | |
| Jun 21, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 36 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 29 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 41 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 20 min |
| Jun 21, 5:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 31 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 25 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 30 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min | |
| Jun 21, 6:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min | |
| Jun 21, 7:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 45 min | |
| Jun 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.