Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 15, 2020, 4:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 16, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2020, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2020, 6:07 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 20:17 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, 8.3 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
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
707 WHUS41 KOKX 152015 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 415 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-161000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0011.200816T1000Z-200817T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 415 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and 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 yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
4 follow-up statements
806 WHUS41 KOKX 160715 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 315 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-170000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.200816T1000Z-200817T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 315 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
745 WHUS41 KOKX 160740 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 340 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 NYZ178-179-161545- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0039.200816T2200Z-200817T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.200816T1000Z-200817T0000Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 340 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the coastal flood statement, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level is expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the coastal flood statement, through this evenings's high tide cycle. * IMPACTS... For the High Rip Current Risk, life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. For the coastal flood statement, brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and 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 yell or wave for help. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-161545- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.200816T1000Z-200817T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 340 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
638 WHUS41 KOKX 160745 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 345 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 NYZ178-179-170000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.200816T1000Z-200817T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0039.200816T2200Z-200817T0000Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 345 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the coastal flood statement, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level is expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the coastal flood statement, through this evenings's high tide cycle. * IMPACTS... For the High Rip Current Risk, life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. For the coastal flood statement, brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and 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 yell or wave for help. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-170000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.200816T1000Z-200817T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 345 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
212 WHUS41 KOKX 162207 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 607 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 NYZ178-179-170000- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200817T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0039.000000T0000Z-200817T0000Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 607 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-162315- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200817T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 607 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate rip current risk was reported, therefore the high rip current risk has been cancelled. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
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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.