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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS New York, NY

August 30, 2022Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 869 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange39 min
Aug 30, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange37 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.