Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 18, NWS New York, NY
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 12:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 60 min | |
| Aug 23, 12:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 112 min |
| Aug 23, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 62 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.