Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 25, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 28, 2017, 4:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 29, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2017, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
032 WHUS41 KOKX 282037 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 437 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH AND DANGEROUS SURF FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH 600 PM TODAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES FRIDAY... NYZ080-081-179-290300- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0025.170929T1200Z-170929T2200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170928T2200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-170928T2200Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 437 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES FROM NASSAU COUNTY EAST THROUGH SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 8 FEET. * TIMING...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 600 PM EDT TODAY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...COASTAL ROADS MAY EXPERIENCE WASHOVER FROM TIME TO TIME. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED MODERATE BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. 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. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ NYZ075-178-290300- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0025.170929T1200Z-170929T2200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-170928T2200Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS- 437 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH 600 PM EDT TODAY...AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
705 WHUS41 KOKX 282210 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 610 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES FRIDAY... NYZ080-081-179-290930- /O.EXP.KOKX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170928T2200Z/ /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-170928T2200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0025.170929T1200Z-170929T2200Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 610 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES FROM NASSAU COUNTY EAST THROUGH SUFFOLK COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET. * TIMING...FRIDAY. 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. 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-290930- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-170928T2200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0025.170929T1200Z-170929T2200Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS- 610 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
072 WHUS41 KOKX 290243 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1043 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES FRIDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-291000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0025.170929T1200Z-170929T2200Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1043 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET. * TIMING...FRIDAY. 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. 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. && $$
840 WHUS41 KOKX 290739 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 339 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY AT THE OCEAN BEACHES... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-292200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0025.170929T1200Z-170929T2200Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 339 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT. * TIMING...TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:04 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 38 hr |
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.