Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 2, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 2, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 2, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 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 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
244 WHUS41 KOKX 020900 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 500 AM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-022100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0008.210702T1000Z-210704T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 500 AM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
4 follow-up statements
102 WHUS41 KOKX 030000 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 800 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-031100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210704T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 800 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
982 WHUS41 KOKX 030918 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 518 AM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-040600- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210705T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 518 AM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
346 WHUS41 KOKX 031934 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 334 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-041100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210705T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 334 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
861 WHUS41 KOKX 040935 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 535 AM EDT Sun Jul 4 2021 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-050100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210705T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 535 AM EDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 30 min | |
| Jul 1, 11:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Westchester | 78 min |
| Jul 2, 4:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 50 hr | |
| Jul 2, 1:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, New York | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 87 min |
| Jul 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Queens | 90 min |
| Jul 2, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 88 min |
| Jul 2, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Queens | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 119 min |
| Jul 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 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.