Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 16, 2022, 4:04 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 17, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2022, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2022, 5:27 AM EDT
- In force
- 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 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
373 WHUS41 KOKX 162004 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 404 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 NYZ080-081-170500- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0005.220617T1000Z-220618T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 404 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday 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. && $$ NYZ178-179-170400- /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0016.220617T0100Z-220617T0400Z/ Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 404 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
849 WHUS41 KOKX 170435 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 1235 AM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 NYZ080-081-171000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0005.220617T1000Z-220618T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 1235 AM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
669 WHUS41 KOKX 170927 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 527 AM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 NYZ080-081-171030- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0005.220617T1000Z-220618T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 527 AM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high rip current risk has been downgraded to a moderate risk for today. Thus the high rip current risk has been discontinued. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:44 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 19 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 52 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.