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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY

July 31, 20254 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2025, 5:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 1, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2025, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 1, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
15 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 21:57 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 12:00Z, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2025-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

019 
WHUS41 KOKX 312153
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
553 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

NYZ081-020100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0011.250801T1000Z-250802T0100Z/
Southeast Suffolk-
553 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southeast Suffolk County.

* WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday 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
2 follow-up statements
761 
WHUS41 KOKX 010702
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
302 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025

NYZ075-080-178-179-020100-
/O.EXA.KOKX.RP.S.0011.250801T1000Z-250802T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southern Queens-
Southern Nassau-
302 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest 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. 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.

&&

$$

NYZ081-020100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.250801T1000Z-250802T0100Z/
Southeast Suffolk-
302 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southeast Suffolk County.

* WHEN...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.

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
636 
WHUS41 KOKX 020047
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
847 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-020200-
/O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-250802T0100Z/
Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
847 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The high rip current risk will be allowed to expire at 9 PM EDT.

$$

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 1:52 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX48 hr
Jul 31, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange42 min
Jul 31, 7:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange51 min
Jul 31, 8:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXOrange43 min
Jul 31, 8:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange35 min
Jul 31, 8:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXOrange2 hr
Jul 31, 9:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXOrange78 min
Jul 31, 1:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXOrange3 hr
Jul 31, 1:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk93 min
Jul 31, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXSuffolk40 min
Jul 31, 2:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Nassau, New York, Queens86 min
Jul 31, 2:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx, Nassau, New York, Queens3 hr
Jul 31, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Queens, Richmond41 min
Jul 31, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX55 min
Jul 31, 2:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk116 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx45 min
Jul 31, 3:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings, New York, Richmond3 hr
Jul 31, 3:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau2 hr
Jul 31, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSuffolk35 min
Jul 31, 4:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSuffolk5 hr

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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.