Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2016, 4:59 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Aug 17, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2016, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
674 WHUS41 KOKX 162059 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 459 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY... NYZ080-081-170830- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.160817T1000Z-160818T0000Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 459 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 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...THE OCEAN BEACHES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE * TIMING...THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS MAY BE MORE FAVORABLE IN THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
823 WHUS41 KOKX 170751 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 351 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AT SUFFOLK COUNTY ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... NYZ080-081-180100- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0007.160817T1000Z-160818T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 351 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE OCEAN BEACHES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ MALOIT
865 WHUS41 KOKX 180102 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 902 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016 NYZ080-081-180215- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160818T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 902 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens | 47 min |
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.