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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2019, 4:21 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at May 28, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2019, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
105 WHUS41 KOKX 280821 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 421 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK LATE TODAY... NYZ075-178-179-282015- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0001.190528T1000Z-190529T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 421 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic beaches across Kings, Queens and Nassau Counties. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High * TIMING...Mainly later this afternoon into the 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
349 WHUS41 KOKX 282042 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 442 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ075-178-179-290100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-190529T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 442 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic beaches across Kings, Queens and Nassau Counties. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High * TIMING...Through this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 24 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.