Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 14, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 14, 2017, 12:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2017, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 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 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
276 WHUS41 KOKX 141602 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1202 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES... NYZ080-081-150100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0014.170814T1602Z-170815T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1202 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH 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 SANDBARS AND NEAR 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
7 follow-up statements
303 WHUS41 KOKX 142115 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 515 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES... NYZ080-081-151100- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170816T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 515 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE GERT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
716 WHUS41 KOKX 150914 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 514 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES... ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE TODAY AT THE NASSAU COUNTY AND NEW YORK CITY OCEAN BEACHES... NYZ075-178-179-152200- /O.EXA.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170816T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 514 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...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...OCEAN BEACHES OF NASSAU COUNTY AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE...THEN BECOMING HIGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 2 FT...INCREASING TO AROUND 3 FT LATE. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE GERT. 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 SANDBARS AND NEAR 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ NYZ080-081-152200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170816T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 514 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE GERT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
286 WHUS41 KOKX 150921 CCA CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 521 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES... ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE TODAY AT THE NASSAU COUNTY AND NEW YORK CITY OCEAN BEACHES... NYZ075-178-179-152200- /O.COR.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170816T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 521 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...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...OCEAN BEACHES OF NASSAU COUNTY AND NEW YORK CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE...THEN BECOMING HIGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 2 FEET...THEN AROUND 3 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE GERT. 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 SANDBARS AND NEAR 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ NYZ080-081-152200- /O.COR.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170816T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 521 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET...THEN 3 TO 4 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...TODAY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE GERT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
739 WHUS41 KOKX 152138 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 538 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST WEDNESDAY EVENING AT ALL ATLANTIC BEACHES... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-161100- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 538 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. * TIMING...INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM GERT. 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 SANDBARS AND NEAR 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
785 WHUS41 KOKX 160727 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 327 AM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY OCEAN BEACHES VIA INCOMING SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GERT... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-162200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 327 AM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 6 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...INTO AT LEAST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK COULD EXTEND INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
374 WHUS41 KOKX 161917 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 317 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY OCEAN BEACHES VIA INCOMING SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GERT... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-170100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 317 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 6 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. * TIMING...INTO AT LEAST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK COULD EXTEND INTO THURSDAY. 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 SANDBARS AND NEAR 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
028 WHUS41 KOKX 170102 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 902 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-170215- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 902 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL SUBSIDE TO MODERATE OVERNIGHT AS SWELLS FROM THE DEPARTING HURRICANE GERT GRADUALLY DECREASE. $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017
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.