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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS New York, NY

August 23, 2022Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 23, 2022, 6:31 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Aug 24, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2022, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 24, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 24, 2022, 7:48 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 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 651 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

102 
WHUS41 KOKX 232231
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
631 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022

NYZ080-081-240645-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0018.220824T1000Z-220825T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
631 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. 

* WHERE...The ocean beaches of Suffolk County. 

* WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents are likely, especially in the morning. 
  Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore 
  into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you enter the surf zone, 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
111 
WHUS41 KOKX 240319
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
1119 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022

NYZ080-081-240900-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0018.220824T1000Z-220825T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
1119 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/nyc
256 
WHUS41 KOKX 240727
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
327 AM EDT Wed Aug 24 2022

NYZ080-081-250100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0018.220824T1000Z-220825T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
327 AM EDT Wed Aug 24 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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.

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
296 
WHUS41 KOKX 242348
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
748 PM EDT Wed Aug 24 2022

NYZ080-081-250100-
/O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-220825T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
748 PM EDT Wed Aug 24 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Conditions have fallen below criteria.

$$

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
Aug 23, 7:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk57 min
Aug 23, 12:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk59 min
Aug 23, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau47 min
Aug 23, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX60 min
Aug 23, 12:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk112 min
Aug 23, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk62 min

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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.