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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY

July 28, 2023Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2023, 4:06 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jul 29, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2023, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 29, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 29, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
15 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 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2023-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2023-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WHUS41 KOKX 282006
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
406 PM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

NYZ080-081-290100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0012.230729T1000Z-230730T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
406 PM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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...A high rip current risk is expected to continue into Sunday.

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
1 follow-up statement
627 
WHUS41 KOKX 290739
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
339 AM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023

NYZ080-081-300100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0012.230729T1000Z-230730T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
339 AM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, Westchester39 min
Jul 27, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX47 min
Jul 27, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk44 min
Jul 27, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, Nassau, Queens42 min
Jul 27, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau52 min
Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk52 min
Jul 27, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk48 min
Jul 28, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX56 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.