Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 12, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2019, 7:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
430 WHUS41 KOKX 122013 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 413 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-131000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0003.190613T1000Z-190614T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 413 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Thursday morning through Thursday evening. * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic beaches of New York City and Long Island. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High * TIMING...Thursday 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. && $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
529 WHUS41 KOKX 130739 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 339 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY... ...ISOLATED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EARLY THIS EVENING... NYZ178-179-132030- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0018.190613T2100Z-190613T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.190613T1000Z-190614T0100Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 339 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ISOLATED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EARLY THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Southern Queens and Nassau counties. * TIDAL DEPARTURE...1 to 2 feet above astronomical tides. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Isolated coastal flooding will occur around the times of high tide early this evening. High rip current risk is expected through this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-132030- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.190613T1000Z-190614T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 339 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic beaches of Brooklyn and Suffolk counties. * SURF AND 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. && $$
442 WHUS41 KOKX 132342 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 742 PM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-140900- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-190614T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0004.190614T1000Z-190615T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 742 PM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * LOCATIONS...The Atlantic beaches of New York City and Long Island. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * TIMING...Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:50 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 66 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.