Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 25, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
730 WHUS41 KOKX 251545 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 1145 AM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0015.200825T1545Z-200826T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 1145 AM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Ocean beaches along Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
713 WHUS41 KOKX 260059 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 859 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260200- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-200826T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 859 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The rip current risk has diminished for this evening. There is a moderate risk of rip current development on Wednesday. $$ 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 25, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 3:48 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 19 hr | |
| Aug 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Nassau | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 49 min | |
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 59 min | |
| Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 33 min |
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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.