Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2020, 4:42 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jul 1, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2020, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
991 WHUS41 KOKX 302042 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 442 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020 NYZ081-010445- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.200701T1200Z-200702T0000Z/ Southeastern Suffolk- 442 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk County. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
105 WHUS41 KOKX 302251 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 651 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020 NYZ081-011000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.200701T1200Z-200702T0000Z/ Southeastern Suffolk- 651 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk County. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
564 WHUS41 KOKX 010802 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 402 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2020 NYZ081-020000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.200701T1200Z-200702T0000Z/ Southeastern Suffolk- 402 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeastern Suffolk County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 11:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 11:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 12:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 1:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, New York, Queens | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 66 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.