Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Sep 2, 2011, 4:31 AM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island; Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 2, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2011, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303 WHUS41 KBOX 020831 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 431 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXISTS THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN EARLY SEASON STORM WELL EAST OF THE THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA IS GENERATING A STRONG SWELL WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EFFECT THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BEACHES OF CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS SWELL WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THESE LOCATIONS. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-021645- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.110902T1400Z-110902T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 431 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DURING PEAK BEACH HOURS TODAY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS EXPECTED ALONG EASTERN FACING BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ DOODY
2 follow-up statements
114 WHUS41 KBOX 021355 AAA CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 955 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXISTS THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN EARLY SEASON STORM WELL EAST OF THE THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA IS GENERATING A STRONG SWELL WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EFFECT THE SOUTH AND EAST FACING OCEAN BEACHES OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THESE LARGE SWELLS WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF AT THESE LOCATIONS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR BLOCK ISLAND AND MARTHAS VINEYARD HAS BEEN LOWERED AS SWELLS ACROSS THIS AREA WILL NOT BE AS LARGE. NEVERTHELESS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. MAZ023-RIZ008-021500- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0003.110902T1400Z-110902T2300Z/ DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 955 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ MAZ022-024-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.110902T1400Z-110902T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 955 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DURING PEAK BEACH HOURS TODAY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES EXPECTED ALONG EAST FACING OCEAN BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ NOCERA
995 WHUS41 KBOX 022316 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 716 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 MAZ022-024-030030- /O.EXP.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110902T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 716 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ DUNTEN
Nearby
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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.