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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY

June 26, 2022Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 26, 2022, 3:35 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 27, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2022, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 27, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2022, 7:05 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
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 19:36 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, 7.6 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 2022-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

452 
WHUS41 KOKX 261935
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
335 PM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022

NYZ080-081-271000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.220627T1200Z-220628T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
335 PM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday 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.

&&

$$

NYZ075-178-179-271000-
/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220628T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
335 PM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens and Kings (Brooklyn) 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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
2 follow-up statements
629 
WHUS41 KOKX 270800
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
400 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022

NYZ075-178-179-280100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220628T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
400 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens and Kings (Brooklyn) 
  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.

&&

$$

NYZ080-081-280100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.220627T1200Z-220628T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
400 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southeast Suffolk and Southwest Suffolk Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 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
581 
WHUS41 KOKX 272305
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
705 PM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022

NYZ075-178-179-280015-
/O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220628T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
705 PM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

NYZ080-081-280015-
/O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220628T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
705 PM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/nyc

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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.