Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018

Rip Current Statement 1, NWS New York, NY

May 25, 2018Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2018, 4:37 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at May 25, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2018, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 25, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

943 
WHUS41 KOKX 250837
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
437 AM EDT Fri May 25 2018

NYZ075-178-179-260100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0001.180525T1200Z-180526T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
437 AM EDT Fri May 25 2018

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning
through this evening.

* LOCATIONS...The ocean beaches of New York City and Nassau 
  County. 

* TIMING...This afternoon and evening. 

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high rip current risk means dangerous and potentially life
threatening conditions exist for all people entering the surf. 
People visiting the beaches should stay out of the high surf.

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.

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
May 25, 3:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		16 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in New York, 2018 Every rip current statement in 2018

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.