Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2019, 7:58 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jul 24, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2019, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 00:03 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, 12.0 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
191 WHUS41 KOKX 232358 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 758 PM EDT Tue Jul 23 2019 ...High Risk of Rip Currents for Suffolk County Ocean Beaches on Wednesday... NYZ080-081-241000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.190724T1000Z-190725T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 758 PM EDT Tue Jul 23 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in New York NY has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening. * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High Risk of rip current. * SURF HEIGHT...3 to 5 ft. * TIMING...Wednesday morning into early 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
101 WHUS41 KOKX 240730 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 330 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2019 ...High Risk of Rip Currents for Suffolk County Ocean Beaches on Wednesday... NYZ080-081-241530- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.190724T1000Z-190725T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 330 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High Risk of rip current. * SURF HEIGHT...3 to 5 ft. * TIMING...Wednesday morning into early evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
725 WHUS41 KOKX 241122 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 722 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2019 ...High Risk of Rip Currents for Suffolk County Ocean Beaches today... NYZ080-081-242130- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-190725T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 722 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * RIP CURRENT RISK...High Risk of rip currents. * SURF HEIGHT...3 to 5 ft. * 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. && $$
679 WHUS41 KOKX 242120 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 520 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2019 ...Moderate to High Risk of Rip Currents for Suffolk County Ocean Beaches into this Evening... NYZ080-081-250100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-190725T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 520 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2019 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Atlantic Ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * RIP CURRENT RISK...Moderate to High Risk of rip currents. * SURF HEIGHT...3 to 4 ft. * TIMING...Through this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars and near structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. Talk to lifeguards and beach officials to learn about any surf hazards and heed their advice. Pay attention to flags and posted signs and swim in life guarded areas. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 54 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond | 118 min |
| Jul 23, 2:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 56 min | |
| Jul 23, 3:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 61 min | |
| Jul 23, 4:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Richmond | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 5:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York, Rockland, Westchester | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 5:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Westchester | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 115 min |
| Jul 23, 6:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 118 min |
| Jul 23, 7:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 86 min |
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.