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Coastal Flood Statement 23, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 24, 2021, 4:33 AM EDT for Nassau County, Queens County, New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 24, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2021, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
904 WHUS41 KOKX 240833 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 433 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 NYZ178-179-250300- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0023.210725T0000Z-210725T0300Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 433 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...This evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ CTZ009-250300- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0023.210725T0300Z-210725T0600Z/ Southern Fairfield- 433 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Fairfield County. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
655 WHUS41 KOKX 242026 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 426 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 NYZ178-179-250600- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.210725T1000Z-210726T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0023.210725T0000Z-210725T0300Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 426 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For isolated minor coastal flooding, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from Sunday morning through Sunday evening. For the isolated minor coastal flooding, from 8 PM to 11 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. 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... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-250600- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.210725T1000Z-210726T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 426 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ CTZ009-250600- /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0023.210725T0300Z-210725T0600Z/ Southern Fairfield- 426 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Fairfield County. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 2 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 3:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 60 hr | |
| Jul 24, 4:26 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 29 hr |
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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.