Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 21, 2019, 7:14 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2019, 7:14 AM EDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
427 WHUS41 KOKX 211114 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 714 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY NY... NYZ080-081-220100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.190621T1114Z-190622T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 714 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 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...Atlantic Ocean beaches of Suffolk County NY. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 6:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Queens | 41 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.