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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS New York, NY

August 22, 2020Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 22, 2020, 12:29 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2020, 12:29 PM EDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 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 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WHUS41 KOKX 221629
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
1229 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2020

NYZ081-230100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0014.200822T1629Z-200823T0100Z/
Southeastern Suffolk-
1229 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southeastern 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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, New York66 min
Aug 22, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx26 min
Aug 22, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX40 min
Aug 22, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXKings, Queens39 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.