Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 14, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2018, 4:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 23, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2018, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 23, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2018, 8:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
093 WHUS41 KOKX 222001 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 401 PM EDT Sun Jul 22 2018 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-230415- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0014.180723T1000Z-180724T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-180723T0200Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 401 PM EDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Monday morning through Monday evening. * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
151 WHUS41 KOKX 230111 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 911 PM EDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS MONDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-240100- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-180723T0200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.180723T1000Z-180724T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 911 PM EDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through Monday evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
506 WHUS41 KOKX 230827 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 427 AM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-240100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.180723T1000Z-180724T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 427 AM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through Monday 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. && $$
938 WHUS41 KOKX 231947 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 347 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TOMORROW... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-240400- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0015.180724T1000Z-180725T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-180724T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 347 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through this evening and again Tuesday into Tuesday evening. $$
063 WHUS41 KOKX 240014 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 814 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-240815- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-180724T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0015.180724T1000Z-180725T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 814 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Tuesday into Tuesday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 42 min | |
| Jul 21, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, New York, Queens | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 24 min | |
| Jul 22, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 5:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 88 min |
| Jul 22, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min | |
| Jul 22, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 5:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 5 days | |
| Jul 22, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 18 min | |
| Jul 22, 1:14 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 8 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2018Every 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.