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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 22, 2026, 2:47 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 22, 2026, 3:19 PM EDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2026, 2:47 AM EDT (06:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2026, 3:19 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 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 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
533 WHUS41 KOKX 220647 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 247 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-222200- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0020.260923T1000Z-260924T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0019.260922T1000Z-260923T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 247 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Today and again on Wednesday. * 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 high rip current risk likely persists through late week. 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. && $$ Be sure to use the MyCoast app to relay photos and reports of coastal flooding and beach erosion. For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
357 WHUS41 KOKX 221919 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 319 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 NYZ179-240000- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-260923T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0028.260923T2000Z-260924T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0020.260922T1919Z-260924T0000Z/ Southern Nassau- 319 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Wednesday evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. Life- threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The high rip current risk is expected to persist through late week. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-178-240000- /O.CAN.KOKX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-260923T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0020.260922T1919Z-260924T0000Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens- 319 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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 high rip current risk is expected to persist through late week. 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. && $$ Be sure to use the MyCoast app to relay photos and reports of coastal flooding and beach erosion. For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
458 WHUS41 KOKX 230639 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service New York NY 239 AM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026 NYZ179-232100- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260924T2200Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0028.260923T2000Z-260924T0000Z/ Southern Nassau- 239 AM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Thursday afternoon. For the Coastal Flood Statement, from this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. Life- threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The high rip current risk is expected to persist through late week. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. && $$ NYZ075-080-081-178-232100- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260924T2200Z/ Kings (Brooklyn)-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk- Southern Queens- 239 AM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Queens Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * 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 high rip current risk is expected to persist through late week. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:42 AM EDT | Gale Warning | OKX | 3 days | |
| Sep 22, 3:19 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Nassau | 29 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.