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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS New York, NY

May 28, 2019Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-05-28Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 3:35 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX24 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.