Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 22, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2018, 3:22 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 18, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2018, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:26 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
889 WHUS41 KOKX 171922 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 322 PM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT OCEAN BEACHES TUESDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-190000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0022.180918T1200Z-180919T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 322 PM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018 ...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 beaches of New York City and Long Island. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High rip current risk with surf height around 4 ft. * TIMING...From Tuesday morning through early 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
539 WHUS41 KOKX 180728 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 328 AM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT OCEAN BEACHES TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-190000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0022.180918T1200Z-180919T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 328 AM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic beaches of New York City and Long Island. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High rip current risk with surf height around 4 to 5 ft. * TIMING...Through this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ JMC
724 WHUS41 KOKX 182025 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 425 PM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT OCEAN BEACHES TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-190000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-180919T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 425 PM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic beaches of New York City and Long Island. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High rip current risk with surf height around 4 to 5 ft. * 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. && $$
563 WHUS41 KOKX 190001 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 801 PM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-190115- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-180919T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 801 PM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... A moderate risk of rip currents will continue at Atlantic facing beaches through tomorrow evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 3:07 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 70 hr | |
| Sep 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
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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.