Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 27, 2018, 4:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 28, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2018, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 1478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
450 WHUS41 KOKX 272008 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 408 PM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES ON THURSDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-281000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.180628T1200Z-180629T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 408 PM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Thursday morning through Thursday evening. * LOCATIONS...The ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * TIMING...8 am Thursday through 9 pm Thursday. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
943 WHUS41 KOKX 280920 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 520 AM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-282100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.180628T1200Z-180629T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 520 AM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * TIMING...8 AM today through 9 PM this evening. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
807 WHUS41 KOKX 282137 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 537 PM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-290930- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180630T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 537 PM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * TIMING...Through 9 PM Friday. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. 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. && $$
497 WHUS41 KOKX 290908 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 508 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-292100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180630T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 508 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * TIMING...Through 9 PM Friday. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
757 WHUS41 KOKX 291938 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 338 PM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180630T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 338 PM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic Ocean beaches from New York City to Montauk. * TIMING...Through 9 PM Friday. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 54 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.