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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS New York, NY

June 14, 2023Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2023, 3:44 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Jun 14, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2023, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

039 
WHUS41 KOKX 140744
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
344 AM EDT Wed Jun 14 2023

NYZ075-178-179-150100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0004.230614T1200Z-230615T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
344 AM EDT Wed Jun 14 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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 rip current risk becomes high towards
  late morning and into the afternoon as winds increase to near
  20 kt.

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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:45 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX12 hr
Jun 14, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXWestchester43 min
Jun 14, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX22 min
Jun 14, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX44 min
Jun 14, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXWestchester41 min
Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, New York, Westchester45 min
Jun 14, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Westchester23 min
Jun 14, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXPutnam43 min
Jun 14, 2:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXPutnam, Rockland, Westchester85 min
Jun 14, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau24 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.