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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS New York, NY

September 2, 2020Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 2, 2020, 5:01 PM EDT for Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Sep 3, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 2, 2020, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 3, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 3, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

Counties Nassau County, NY, Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

429 
WHUS41 KOKX 022101
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
501 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2020

NYZ081-031000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0018.200903T1000Z-200904T0100Z/
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200903T0000Z/
Southeastern Suffolk-
501 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk County.

* WHEN...Through Thursday evening. 

* SURF ZONE 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.

&&

$$

NYZ075-080-178-179-030000-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200903T0000Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southern Queens-
Southern Nassau-
501 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens, Southern Nassau, 
  and Southwestern Suffolk Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. 

* SURF ZONE 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

023 
WHUS41 KOKX 030215
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
1015 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2020

NYZ081-031000-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0018.200903T1000Z-200904T0100Z/
Southeastern Suffolk-
1015 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk County.

* WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening.

* SURF ZONE 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

104 
WHUS41 KOKX 030730
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
330 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2020

NYZ080-179-040000-
/O.EXB.KOKX.RP.S.0018.200903T1000Z-200904T0000Z/
Southwestern Suffolk-Southern Nassau-
330 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southwestern Suffolk and Southern Nassau 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.

&&

$$

NYZ081-040000-
/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0018.200903T1000Z-200904T0000Z/
Southeastern Suffolk-
330 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk County.

* 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

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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.