Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 5, 2024, 4:17 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 5, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2024, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 5, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 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 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
126 WHUS41 KOKX 050817 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 417 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 NYZ075-178-179-060845- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.240705T1500Z-240707T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 417 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through Saturday 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...Moderate to high risk of rip currents likely on Sunday. 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. && $$ NYZ080-081-060845- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0007.240706T1000Z-240707T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 417 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Moderate to high risk of rip currents likely on Sunday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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
2 follow-up statements
978 WHUS41 KOKX 052104 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 504 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 NYZ080-081-061000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0007.240705T2104Z-240707T0100Z/ Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- 504 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties. * WHEN...Through early Saturday 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. && $$ NYZ075-178-179-061000- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240707T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 504 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Through early Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ 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
960 WHUS41 KOKX 061702 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 102 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-070100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240707T0100Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 102 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau 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. && $$ 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 5, 4:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 48 hr | |
| Jul 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Dutchess | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Richmond | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 27 min | |
| Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 7:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 94 min |
| Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam | 118 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.