Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 13, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Aug 13, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 13, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 2196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
290 WHUS41 KOKX 130812 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 412 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-178-140100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.160813T1600Z-160814T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS- 412 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...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...THE OCEAN BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...A MODERATE RISK THIS MORNING...THEN A HIGH RISK THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
474 WHUS41 KOKX 131514 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1114 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NYZ075-178-140100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.160813T1600Z-160814T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS- 1114 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE OCEAN BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE. * TIMING...A MODERATE RISK...BECOMING HIGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 44 min | |
| Aug 13, 1:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 118 min |
| Aug 13, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange | 114 min |
| Aug 13, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 49 min |
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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.