Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 26, 2021, 5:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 27, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2021, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
998 WHUS41 KOKX 262116 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 516 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-271000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.210627T1000Z-210628T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 516 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The afternoon and evening will likely be the high risk for the development of rip currents due to an increasing southeast swell. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
480 WHUS41 KOKX 272045 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 445 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-280900- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.210628T1000Z-210629T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210628T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 445 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until 9 PM EDT this evening. For the second High Rip Current Risk, from Monday morning through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
096 WHUS41 KOKX 280104 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 904 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-280900- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210628T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.210628T1000Z-210629T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 904 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday 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 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:11 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 11 hr | |
| Jun 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 4 days |
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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.