Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 23, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 20, 2018, 6:05 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Sep 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2018, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
130 WHUS41 KOKX 202205 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 605 PM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK OCEAN BEACHES FRIDAY... NYZ081-211000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0023.180921T1100Z-180921T2300Z/ Southeastern Suffolk- 605 PM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * LOCATIONS...Atlantic beaches of southeastern Suffolk county. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High risk of rip current development with surf height of 3 to 4 feet. * TIMING...Friday morning through early Friday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
784 WHUS41 KOKX 210849 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 449 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK OCEAN BEACHES FRIDAY... NYZ081-212300- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0023.180921T1100Z-180921T2300Z/ Southeastern Suffolk- 449 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic beaches of southeastern Suffolk county. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High risk of rip current development with surf height of 3 to 4 feet. * TIMING...Through early this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 46 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.