Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Surf Advisories in 2012
High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at Sep 4, 2012, 4:40 PM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Sep 5, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2012, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 4:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077 WHUS41 KBOX 042040 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 440 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY... .INCREASING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM LESLIE WILL CAUSE HIGH SURF TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THE HIGHEST SWELLS WILL MOVE INTO THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AND LIKELY LONGER UNTIL LESLIE PASSES NEW ENGLAND. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-050445- /O.NEW.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.120905T1000Z-120906T1000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 440 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EDT THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT. IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. && $$ VALLIER-TALBOT
5 follow-up statements
418 WHUS41 KBOX 050434 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1234 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY... .INCREASING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM LESLIE WILL CAUSE HIGH SURF TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THE HIGHEST SWELLS WILL MOVE INTO THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AND LIKELY LONGER UNTIL LESLIE PASSES NEW ENGLAND. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-051245- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.120905T1000Z-120906T1000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1234 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT. IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. && $$
311 WHUS41 KBOX 050803 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 403 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY... .INCREASING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM LESLIE WILL CAUSE HIGH SURF TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THE HIGHEST SWELLS WILL MOVE INTO THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AND LIKELY LONGER UNTIL LESLIE PASSES NEW ENGLAND. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-051615- /O.EXT.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.120905T1000Z-120906T2200Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 403 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT. IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. && $$
618 WHUS41 KBOX 052053 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 453 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY... .HIGH SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE LESLIE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH SURF INTO THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THE HIGHEST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AND LIKELY LONGER UNTIL LESLIE PASSES NEW ENGLAND. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-060500- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120906T2200Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 453 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT. IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. && $$ EVT
841 WHUS41 KBOX 060441 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1241 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY... .HIGH SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE LESLIE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH SURF INTO THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THE HIGHEST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AND LIKELY LONGER UNTIL LESLIE PASSES NEW ENGLAND. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-061245- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120906T2200Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1241 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT. IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. && $$ SIPPRELL
299 WHUS41 KBOX 060804 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 404 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012 MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-060915- /O.CAN.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120906T2200Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 404 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. $$ SIPPRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 32 hr | |
| Sep 4, 12:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in Massachusetts, 2012High Surf Advisories in Rhode Island, 2012Every high surf advisory in 2012
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.