Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 19, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2018, 5:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 1, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2018, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 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 21:01 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 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
607 WHUS41 KOKX 312101 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 501 PM EDT Tue Jul 31 2018 ...High Rip Current Risk Wednesday... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-011000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0019.180801T1000Z-180802T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 501 PM EDT Tue Jul 31 2018 ...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 from New York City to Montauk. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Wednesday. 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. && $$ JMC
4 follow-up statements
718 WHUS41 KOKX 010754 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 354 AM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-020100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0019.180801T1000Z-180802T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 354 AM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
658 WHUS41 KOKX 012048 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 448 PM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-021100- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-180803T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 448 PM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...through 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. && $$
060 WHUS41 KOKX 020808 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 408 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-030100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-180803T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 408 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...through this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
897 WHUS41 KOKX 021906 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 306 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-030100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-180803T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 306 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 72 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.