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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2024, 5:05 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Aug 11, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2024, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 11, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
634 WHUS41 KOKX 110905 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 505 AM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024 NYZ081-111800- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0014.240811T1000Z-240811T1800Z/ Southeast Suffolk- 505 AM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Suffolk County. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * 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...Incoming swell should gradually diminish today, lowering the rip current risk to moderate going into this afternoon. 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. && $$ For more on rip current and beach safety, visit https://www.weather.gov/beach/okx
1 follow-up statement
568 WHUS41 KOKX 111829 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 229 PM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024 NYZ081-111930- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-240811T1800Z/ Southeast Suffolk- 229 PM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The high rip current risk has been allowed to expire, although a moderate rip current risk does remain through this evening. $$ 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
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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.