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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS New York, NY

June 16, 2022Suffolk County, New York

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:44 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXNassau, Queens19 hr
Jun 16, 5:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange52 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.