Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 25, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 570 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
335 WHUS41 KOKX 241921 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 321 PM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO WEDNESDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-250330- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0016.180725T1000Z-180726T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-180725T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 321 PM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through this evening, and again on Wednesday. $$
4 follow-up statements
564 WHUS41 KOKX 250106 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 906 PM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-251030- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-180725T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.180725T1000Z-180726T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 906 PM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through Wednesday evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
282 WHUS41 KOKX 250836 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 436 AM EDT Wed Jul 25 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.180725T1000Z-180726T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 436 AM EDT Wed Jul 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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. && $$
777 WHUS41 KOKX 251938 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 338 PM EDT Wed Jul 25 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260930- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0017.180726T1000Z-180727T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-180726T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 338 PM EDT Wed Jul 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Through this evening, and 6 AM EDT Thursday through 8 PM EDT Thursday. $$
459 WHUS41 KOKX 260105 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 905 PM EDT Wed Jul 25 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-261000- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-180726T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.180726T1000Z-180727T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 905 PM EDT Wed Jul 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Thursday through early Thursday 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. && $$
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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.