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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY

July 11, 2021Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 11, 2021, 2:24 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2021, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 7 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 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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.

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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

527 
WHUS41 KOKX 111824
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
224 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NYZ081-120100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0011.210711T1824Z-210712T0100Z/
Southeast Suffolk-
224 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southeast Suffolk County.

* WHEN...Until 9 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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 8:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	New York	64 min
Jul 10, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, New York, Queens	56 min
Jul 10, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Kings, New York, Richmond	53 min
Jul 11, 4:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more	35 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.