Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 4, 2024, 3:53 AM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Jul 4, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2024, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 4, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 07:58 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 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
334 WHUS41 KOKX 040753 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 353 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 NYZ075-178-179-050100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.240704T1600Z-240705T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 353 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT today 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...There is a chance for thunderstorms in the 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. && $$ 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 4, 3:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 53 hr |
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.