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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS New York, NY

September 10, 2016Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 10, 2016, 3:49 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Sep 10, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2016, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 10, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 10, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 347 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

807 
WHUS41 KOKX 100749
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
349 AM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

NYZ075-178-179-110100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0013.160910T1000Z-160911T0100Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
349 AM EDT SAT SEP 10 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...THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU
  COUNTY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FEET.

* LIGHTNING RISK...LOW.

* TIMING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING AS WINDS AND WAVES INCREASE.

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
631 
WHUS41 KOKX 102027
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
427 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...MODERATE RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...

NYZ075-178-179-102130-
/O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-160911T0100Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
427 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING.

$$

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.