Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS New York, NY
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Westchester | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 47 min | |
| Jul 27, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, Queens | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 56 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.