Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 18, 2020, 12:22 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2020, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
557 WHUS41 KOKX 181622 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 1222 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 NYZ080-081-190100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.200818T1622Z-200819T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 1222 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
779 WHUS41 KOKX 181957 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 357 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 NYZ178-179-190200- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0040.200818T2300Z-200819T0200Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 357 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 * WHAT...Less than one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM to 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding is possible in the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ NYZ080-081-190100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-200819T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 357 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
848 WHUS41 KOKX 190058 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 858 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 NYZ080-081-190200- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-200819T0100Z/ Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- 858 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Winds and ocean seas have subsided lowering the rip current risk this evening. $$ NYZ178-179-190200- /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0040.000000T0000Z-200819T0200Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 858 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2020 * WHAT...Less than one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding is possible in the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 11:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 5:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 6 hr |
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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.