Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2022, 5:04 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Aug 16, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2022, 5:04 AM EDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2022, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
County Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 384 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
419 WHUS41 KOKX 160904 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 504 AM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 NYZ080-081-162200- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0016.220816T1000Z-220817T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 504 AM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Mainly late this morning into this evening for timing of high rip current risk. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
3 follow-up statements
810 WHUS41 KOKX 161944 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 344 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 NYZ080-081-170100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220817T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 344 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
666 WHUS41 KOKX 162139 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 539 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 NYZ080-081-170100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0017.220817T1000Z-220818T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220817T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 539 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For both High Rip Current Risks, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until 9 PM EDT this evening. For the second High Rip Current Risk, from Wednesday morning through Wednesday 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-179-170100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0017.220817T1000Z-220818T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 539 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
036 WHUS41 KOKX 162345 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 745 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 NYZ080-081-171000- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220817T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.220817T1000Z-220818T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 745 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-179-171000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0017.220817T1000Z-220818T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 745 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 27 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.