Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 18, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2023, 4:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 25, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2023, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
805 WHUS41 KOKX 242050 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 450 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-250930- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0018.230825T1200Z-230826T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 450 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high risk of rip currents is also currently forecast for Saturday. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
4 follow-up statements
064 WHUS41 KOKX 250745 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 345 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260800- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0018.230825T1200Z-230827T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 345 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
796 WHUS41 KOKX 252110 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 510 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 NYZ075-178-260000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230826T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 510 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn) and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 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. && $$ NYZ080-081-179-260515- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230827T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 510 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
159 WHUS41 KOKX 260015 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 815 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 NYZ075-178-260115- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230826T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- 815 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ NYZ080-081-179-260815- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230827T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 815 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
565 WHUS41 KOKX 260741 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 341 AM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023 NYZ080-081-179-270000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230827T0000Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Southern Nassau- 341 AM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:57 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 55 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.