Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2020, 3:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at May 29, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2020, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 19:59 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, 8.0 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
555 WHUS41 KOKX 281957 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 357 PM EDT Thu May 28 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-291115- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0002.200529T1000Z-200530T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 357 PM EDT Thu May 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
4 follow-up statements
132 WHUS41 KOKX 291028 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 628 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-291830- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200530T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 628 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
629 WHUS41 KOKX 291030 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 630 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200530T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 630 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
775 WHUS41 KOKX 292147 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 547 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-310000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200531T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 547 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeastern Suffolk and Southwestern Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
692 WHUS41 KOKX 310002 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 802 PM EDT Sat May 30 2020 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-310115- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200531T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 802 PM EDT Sat May 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The risk for life-threatening rip currents has diminished. There is a moderate risk for rip currents on Sunday, which implies that life-threatening rip currents are possible. Be sure to swim within sight of a lifeguard. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 52 hr |
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.