Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 17, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2019, 6:37 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 radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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, 8.2 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
- 1173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
936 WHUS41 KOKX 122013 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 413 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-140000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0017.190913T1000Z-190914T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 413 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * LOCATIONS...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau. * TIMING...Friday. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
652 WHUS41 KOKX 130750 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 350 AM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-140000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.190913T1000Z-190914T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 350 AM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
075 WHUS41 KOKX 131952 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 352 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-150000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 352 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk. * TIMING...Through Saturday 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. && $$
602 WHUS41 KOKX 140729 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 329 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-150000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 329 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches of Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
902 WHUS41 KOKX 142237 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 637 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-142345- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 637 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in New York NY has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 3:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 60 hr | |
| Sep 12, 8:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 64 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.