Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 20, 2022, 4:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 21, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2022, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
679 WHUS41 KOKX 202004 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 404 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-211000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.220721T1000Z-220722T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 404 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
3 follow-up statements
378 WHUS41 KOKX 210747 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 347 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-220100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.220721T1000Z-220722T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 347 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
644 WHUS41 KOKX 212314 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 714 PM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-221200- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0013.220722T1700Z-220723T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220722T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 714 PM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the first High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the second High Rip Current Risk, 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 Friday afternoon through Friday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
894 WHUS41 KOKX 220000 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 800 PM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-220800- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220722T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0013.220722T1700Z-220723T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 800 PM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 46 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.