Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 29, 2024, 4:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 29, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2024, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 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 20:33 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, 8.5 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785 WHUS41 KOKX 292030 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 430 PM EDT Mon Jul 29 2024 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-302045- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0011.240729T2200Z-240801T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 430 PM EDT Mon Jul 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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...Breaking surf of 3 to 5 ft likely. 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. && $$ Be sure to use the MyCoast app to relay photos and reports of coastal flooding and beach erosion. For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
3 follow-up statements
830 WHUS41 KOKX 300728 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 328 AM EDT Tue Jul 30 2024 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-310100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240801T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 328 AM EDT Tue Jul 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breaking surf of 3 to 5 ft likely. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ Be sure to use the MyCoast app to relay photos and reports of coastal flooding and beach erosion. For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
147 WHUS41 KOKX 302310 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 710 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2024 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-010100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240801T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 710 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breaking surf heights of 3 to 5 feet are likely. The high rip current risk may linger into Thursday morning. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
334 WHUS41 KOKX 310912 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 512 AM EDT Wed Jul 31 2024 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-010100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240801T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 512 AM EDT Wed Jul 31 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breaking surf heights of 4 to 5 feet are likely. The high rip current risk may linger into Thursday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ Be sure to use the MyCoast app to relay photos and reports of coastal flooding and beach erosion. 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 29, 3:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 48 hr | |
| Jul 29, 10:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 94 min |
| Jul 29, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, New York | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 12:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, New York | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 104 min |
| Jul 29, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 111 min |
| Jul 29, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.