Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 24, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
720 WHUS41 KOKX 241600 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1200 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES... NYZ080-081-250100- /O.NEW.KOKX.SU.Y.0001.170624T1600Z-170625T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.170624T1600Z-170625T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1200 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
167 WHUS41 KOKX 241911 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 311 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE SUFFOLK OCEAN BEACHES... ...BRIEF LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS EVENING ALONG THE NASSAU SOUTH SHORE BAYS... NYZ080-081-250100- /O.CON.KOKX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170625T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170625T0100Z/ SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 311 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE...SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ NYZ179-250200- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0018.170625T0000Z-170625T0200Z/ SOUTHERN NASSAU- 311 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS OF NASSAU COUNTY. * TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...WHICH ARE GENERALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. * IMPACTS...BRIEF AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF SOME SHORELINE AND WATERFRONT PROPERTIES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester | 119 min |
| Jun 24, 5:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 62 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 42 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, Queens | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 7:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 116 min |
| Jun 24, 8:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 60 min | |
| Jun 24, 8:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 38 min | |
| Jun 24, 12:00 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 14 hr |
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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.