Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 21, 2017, 5:51 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 21, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2017, 5:51 AM EDT (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
436 WHUS41 KOKX 210951 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 551 AM EDT WED JUN 21 2017 NYZ080-081-211800- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.170621T1200Z-170622T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 551 AM EDT WED JUN 21 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...SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH MID 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
808 WHUS41 KOKX 211606 CFWOKX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1206 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ080-081-220100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170622T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1206 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 17 hr | |
| Jun 21, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Dutchess | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 24 min |
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.