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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY

June 20, 2025Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 20, 2025, 7:18 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2025, 7:18 AM EDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
14 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 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 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 00:00Z on 2025-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1088 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2025-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
1088 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

046 
WHUS41 KOKX 201118
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
718 AM EDT Fri Jun 20 2025

NYZ080-081-210100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.250620T1118Z-250621T0100Z/
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
718 AM EDT Fri Jun 20 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The ocean beaches of 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The highest rip current risk should be
  during the morning hours. 

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.

&&

$$

For more on rip current and beach safety, visit
https://www.weather.gov/beach/okx

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:10 PM EDTExtreme Heat WatchOKXBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more47 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.