Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 25, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 25, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:14 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 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
168 WHUS41 KOKX 250812 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 412 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... NYZ075-178-179-260100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0009.160825T1800Z-160826T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 412 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE OCEAN BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE...THEN BECOMING HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...UP TO 3 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 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. && $$ NYZ080-081-260100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0009.160825T2000Z-160826T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 412 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE...THEN HIGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...UP TO 3 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 18 hr |
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.