Rip Current Statement 14, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Sep 11, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 11, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT

Expired

Sep 11, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

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

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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171 
WHUS41 KOKX 110716
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
316 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-120100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0014.160911T1000Z-160912T0100Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
316 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 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...AROUND 4 FEET.

* LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST THREAT IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A
  COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.

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

412 
WHUS41 KOKX 112017
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
417 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-112130-
/O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-160912T0100Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
417 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

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

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

WITH A GUSTY OFF SHORE FLOW THE HIGH RISK OF RIP[ CURRENT
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE IS STILL A MODERATE RISK
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL.

THE MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY AS WELL WITH SOUTHERLY SWELLS FORECAST TO REMAIN THROUGH
THE DAY.

$$

Rip Current Statements in New York, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016

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.