Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2023, 3:52 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 13, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2023, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 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 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619 WHUS41 KOKX 130752 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 352 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 NYZ080-081-140100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0003.230613T1000Z-230614T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 352 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The risk will increase by late morning, with a high rip current risk into this afternoon and this evening. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
104 WHUS41 KOKX 131937 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 337 PM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 NYZ080-081-140100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-230614T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 337 PM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 113 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.