Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2025
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS New York, NY
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 21 hr |
| May 30, 1:48 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 56 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.