Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 24, 2016, 4:18 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 24, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2016, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 3:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 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 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
291 WHUS41 KOKX 240818 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 418 AM EDT SAT SEP 24 2016 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-250000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0015.160924T1100Z-160925T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 418 AM EDT SAT SEP 24 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...LONG ISLAND OCEAN BEACHES 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
144 WHUS41 KOKX 241954 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 354 PM EDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-251200- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160926T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 354 PM EDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. LIFEGUARDS ARE NO LONGER ON DUTY...PLEASE USE CAUTION AT THE BEACH! THE SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFEGUARDS ARE NO LONGER ON DUTY...PLEASE USE CAUTION AT THE BEACH! THE SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
800 WHUS41 KOKX 250728 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 328 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2016 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-250830- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160926T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 328 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS ON THE OCEAN HAS DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY AND THE RISK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENT HAS FALLEN TO THE MODERATE CATEGORY AS A RESULT. $$
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.