High Surf Advisory
NWS Upton NY ยท US
Details
High Rip Current Risk Now In Effect Through Saturday Evening... ...High Surf Advisory Remains In Effect Until 8 PM EDT Saturday
- Event
- High Surf Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 8 to 11 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
Where
Southeast Suffolk County.
When
For the High Rip Current Risk, through Saturday evening. For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 PM EDT Saturday.
Impacts
Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. 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
Minor to even moderate coastal flooding possible for Friday PM and Saturday AM high tide cycles. Beach flooding and erosion likely Friday into Saturday.
Instructions
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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
- Southeast Suffolk
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Upton NY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3AGTNH0S5PZMXC9CHSC6P67
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.71cdc6c1b0424b94d02b3f5ffcba54cc39a3cfe5.004.2
- 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.3645
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SUY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWOKX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KOKX 242013 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KOKX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-260927T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southeast Suffolk
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 036103 |
| UGC | NYZ081 |