Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2023, 6:15 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 27, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2023, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 27, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
350 WHUS41 KOKX 261015 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 615 AM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-262215- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0011.230727T1600Z-230728T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 615 AM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Thursday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
3 follow-up statements
019 WHUS41 KOKX 261805 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY Issued by National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-270900- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.230727T1600Z-230728T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
474 WHUS41 KOKX 271024 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 624 AM EDT Thu Jul 27 2023 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-280100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.230727T1600Z-230728T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 624 AM EDT Thu Jul 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT today 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
519 WHUS41 KOKX 271931 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 331 PM EDT Thu Jul 27 2023 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-280100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230728T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 331 PM EDT Thu Jul 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 53 hr | |
| Jul 26, 2:04 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 37 hr |
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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.