Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2022, 4:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 18, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2022, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 18, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
191 WHUS41 KOKX 172052 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 452 PM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-181000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0011.220718T1600Z-220720T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 452 PM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon through Tuesday 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...There is a moderate risk for the development of rip currents Monday morning. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
3 follow-up statements
848 WHUS41 KOKX 180744 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 344 AM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-182200- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.220718T1600Z-220720T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 344 AM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The initial risk will be low to moderate this morning, but then increases to high by afternoon due to strengthening southerly winds and building surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
237 WHUS41 KOKX 190243 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 1043 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-191000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-220720T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 1043 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
397 WHUS41 KOKX 190946 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 546 AM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-200100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-220720T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 546 AM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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 17, 3:24 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 57 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.