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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 26, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT for Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Aug 27, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Nassau County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
362 WHUS41 KOKX 261930 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 330 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022 NYZ080-081-179-270900- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0019.220827T1000Z-220828T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 330 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
866 WHUS41 KOKX 270813 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 413 AM EDT Sat Aug 27 2022 NYZ080-081-179-280000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0019.220827T1000Z-220828T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 413 AM EDT Sat Aug 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 22 hr | |
| Aug 26, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 12:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 55 min | |
| Aug 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 44 min | |
| Aug 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 47 min | |
| Aug 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Queens, Richmond | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 44 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.