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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 30, 2022, 5:14 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Aug 30, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2022, 5:14 AM EDT (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 30, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2022, 7:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 335 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
- 869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
081 WHUS41 KOKX 300914 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 514 AM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 NYZ075-178-302100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0020.220830T1200Z-220831T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 514 AM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn) and Southern Queens 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
3 follow-up statements
779 WHUS41 KOKX 301436 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 1036 AM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 NYZ179-310000- /O.EXA.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-220831T0000Z/ Southern Nassau- 1036 AM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Nassau County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The rip current risk will increase to high through the afternoon and continue into this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ NYZ075-178-310000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-220831T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 1036 AM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn) and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The rip current risk will increase to high through the afternoon and continue into this evening. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
624 WHUS41 KOKX 301926 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 326 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 NYZ075-178-179-310000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-220831T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 326 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
487 WHUS41 KOKX 302336 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 736 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022 NYZ075-178-179-310045- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-220831T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 736 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 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 30, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 37 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.