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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY

July 17, 20224 counties in New York

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 3:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX57 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.