Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 28, 2020, 5:38 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 29, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2020, 5:38 AM EDT (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 09:42 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 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
853 WHUS41 KOKX 280938 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 538 AM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-282300- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0016.200829T1000Z-200830T0200Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 538 AM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
633 WHUS41 KOKX 290022 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 822 PM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.200829T1000Z-200830T0200Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 822 PM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
859 WHUS41 KOKX 291924 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 324 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200830T0200Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 324 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Suffolk | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Queens | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 38 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 50 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 26 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 61 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 46 min | |
| Aug 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 41 min | |
| Aug 27, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | New York | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min | |
| Aug 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 75 min |
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.