Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:14 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 3 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.