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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS New York, NY
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 48 hr | |
| Jul 31, 6:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 7:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 8:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 8:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 8:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Orange | 78 min |
| Jul 31, 1:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 93 min |
| Jul 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 2:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, New York, Queens | 86 min |
| Jul 31, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, New York, Queens | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens, Richmond | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 55 min | |
| Jul 31, 2:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 116 min |
| Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, New York, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 5 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.