Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 20, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 21, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 22, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 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 19:45 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, 7.8 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
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
793 WHUS41 KOKX 211945 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 345 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 2018 ...High Risk of Rip Currents Wednesday... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-220345- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0020.180822T1000Z-180823T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 345 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 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 Brooklyn to Montauk. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...Surf 3 to 6 ft with a High Risk of Rip Currents. * TIMING...Surf and Rip current risk should be highest in the afternoon/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. && $$ Maloit
4 follow-up statements
367 WHUS41 KOKX 212345 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 745 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 2018 ...High Risk of Rip Currents Wednesday... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-221000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0020.180822T1000Z-180823T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 745 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean Beaches from Brooklyn to Montauk. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...Surf 3 to 6 ft with a High Risk of Rip Currents. * TIMING...Surf and Rip current risk should be highest in the afternoon/evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Maloit
509 WHUS41 KOKX 220745 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 345 AM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 ...High Risk of Rip Currents Today... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-230100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0020.180822T1000Z-180823T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 345 AM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean Beaches from Brooklyn to Montauk. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...Surf 3 to 6 ft with a High Risk of Rip Currents. * TIMING...Surf and Rip current risk should be highest in the afternoon/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. && $$
757 WHUS41 KOKX 221923 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 323 PM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 ...High Risk of Rip Currents Through Early This Evening... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-230100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-180823T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 323 PM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean Beaches from Brooklyn to Montauk. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...Surf 3 to 6 ft with a High Risk of Rip Currents. * TIMING...Through Early This Evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
230 WHUS41 KOKX 230057 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 857 PM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-230200- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-180823T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 857 PM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The high rip current risk will be allowed to expire at 9 PM this evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 36 hr |
Nearby
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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.