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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY

August 24, 20194 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2019, 4:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 25, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2019, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 25, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 26, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 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 20:37 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, 8.6 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 2019-08-24Temperature 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 2019-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 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
1675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

067 
WHUS41 KOKX 242038
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
438 PM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019

...INCREASING EASTERLY SWELL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-251000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.190825T1800Z-190826T0000Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
438 PM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect from Sunday afternoon through
Sunday evening.

* LOCATIONS...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, 
  Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau.

* TIMING...From Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening.

* SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous 
  to anyone who enters the surf.

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
440 
WHUS41 KOKX 250733
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
333 AM EDT Sun Aug 25 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260000-
/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0012.190825T1200Z-190826T0000Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
333 AM EDT Sun Aug 25 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean Beaches of New York City and Long Island.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...High

* TIMING...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous 
  to anyone who enters the surf.

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.

&&

$$
893 
WHUS41 KOKX 252013
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
413 PM EDT Sun Aug 25 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-261000-
/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190827T0000Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
413 PM EDT Sun Aug 25 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings 
  (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...High

* TIMING...Through Monday evening.

* SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous 
  to anyone who enters the surf.

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.

&&

$$
663 
WHUS41 KOKX 260737
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
337 AM EDT Mon Aug 26 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-270000-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190827T0000Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
337 AM EDT Mon Aug 26 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean Beaches of New York City and Long Island.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...High

* TIMING...Through this evening.

* SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous 
  to anyone who enters the surf.

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.

&&

$$
600 
WHUS41 KOKX 270003
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
803 PM EDT Mon Aug 26 2019

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-270115-
/O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190827T0000Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
803 PM EDT Mon Aug 26 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

A moderate risk of rip currents will persist into tomorrow.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 3:14 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX3 days

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.