Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2021, 4:46 PM EDT for Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 6, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2021, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
031 WHUS41 KOKX 052046 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 446 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 NYZ080-081-179-061015- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0003.210606T1400Z-210607T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210606T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 446 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT... Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until 9 PM EDT this evening. For the second High Rip Current Risk, 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-060100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210606T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 446 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Queens and Kings (Brooklyn) Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
5 follow-up statements
247 WHUS41 KOKX 060103 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 903 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 NYZ080-081-179-060915- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210606T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.210606T1400Z-210607T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 903 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southeast Suffolk and Southwest 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-060215- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210606T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 903 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The high risk of rip currents has expired.. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
580 WHUS41 KOKX 060106 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 906 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 NYZ080-081-179-061000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.210606T1400Z-210607T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 906 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southeast Suffolk and Southwest 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
194 WHUS41 KOKX 060725 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 325 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 NYZ080-081-179-062200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.210606T1400Z-210607T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 325 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
268 WHUS41 KOKX 062150 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 550 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 NYZ080-081-179-070100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210607T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 550 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
781 WHUS41 KOKX 070106 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 906 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 NYZ080-081-179-070215- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210607T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 906 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The high rip current risk has come to an end. $$ 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 5, 3:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 24 hr | |
| Jun 5, 5:08 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.