Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 19, 2021, 5:39 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 19, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2021, 5:39 AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 09:40 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 00:00Z, 9.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
380 WHUS41 KOKX 190939 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 539 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 NYZ080-081-191745- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0004.210619T1000Z-210620T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 539 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...The ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high rip current risk may continue into Sunday. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
553 WHUS41 KOKX 191736 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Upton NY 136 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 NYZ080-081-200100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210620T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 136 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...The ocean beaches of Suffolk County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high rip current risk may continue into Sunday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 45 min |
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.