Rip Current Statement
NWS Upton NY ยท US
Details
High Rip Current Risk Now In Effect Through Thursday Afternoon... ...Coastal Flood Statement Remains In Effect From This Afternoon Through This Evening
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
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.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Southern Nassau
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Upton NY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M36FWQBS1NQFPMPX8Q412ZDY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f01c134f4958277e9e2969d14071974ec7ebf806.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Upton NY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPOKX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1307
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWOKX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KOKX 230639 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260924T2200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f55d7354829534d8b18c7144b072c0386ede608.001.1,2026-09-22T02:47:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Southern Nassau
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 036059 |
| UGC | NYZ179 |