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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY

May 30, 2025Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at May 30, 2025, 2:43 PM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at May 31, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2025, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
In effect from
May 31, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
39 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 18:42 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, 6.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 2025-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

499 
WHUS41 KOKX 301843
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
243 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025

NYZ080-081-311100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0003.250531T1000Z-250601T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
243 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025

...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.

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
3 follow-up statements
059 
WHUS41 KOKX 311122
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
722 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

NYZ080-081-010100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250601T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
722 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk 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.

&&

$$

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
989 
WHUS41 KOKX 312032
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
432 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

NYZ080-081-010945-
/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250602T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
432 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk Counties.

* WHEN...Through Sunday 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
227 
WHUS41 KOKX 011043
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
643 AM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025

NYZ080-081-020100-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250602T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
643 AM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southwest Suffolk and Southeast Suffolk 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.

&&

$$

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
May 30, 1:35 PM EDTFlood WatchOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester21 hr
May 30, 1:48 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX56 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.