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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS New York, NY

September 17, 20184 counties in New York

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.

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, 7.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 3:07 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX70 hr
Sep 17, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange45 min

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.