Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 20, 2020, 4:13 PM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Aug 21, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2020, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
400 WHUS41 KOKX 202013 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 413 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2020 NYZ179-211000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0013.200821T1000Z-200822T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0042.200821T0100Z-200821T0300Z/ Southern Nassau- 413 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...SPOTTY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. Less one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in the most vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau County. * WHEN...Minor coastal flooding expected this evening around the time of high tide, from 9 PM to 11 PM EDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, daytime Friday, especially in the afternoon. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline this evening. Life- threatening rip currents are likely Friday, especially in the afternoon, 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... 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-211000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0013.200821T1000Z-200822T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 413 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn) and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Daytime Friday, especially in the afternoon. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
433 WHUS41 KOKX 210755 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 355 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2020 NYZ075-178-179-220100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0013.200821T1000Z-200822T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 355 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens and Kings (Brooklyn) 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 5:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau | 18 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.