Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Surf Advisories in 2012
High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at Sep 15, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Sep 16, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 20:36 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 12:00Z, 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
439 WHUS41 KBOX 152032 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 432 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED ON SUNDAY ALONG SOME EXPOSED OCEAN BEACHES... .SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CAUSE LARGE BREAKERS ACROSS SOME EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES ON SUNDAY. SINCE NADINE HAS RECURVED AND IS NOW HEADING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...THE SWELLS AND ACCOMPANYING HIGH SURF SHOULD SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. MAZ022>024-RIZ006-008-160445- /O.NEW.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 432 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES ON CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...SOUTH SIDE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD...BLOCK ISLAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTY RI. * SURF HEIGHT...GENERALLY 7 TO 10 FEET. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACH GOERS. 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. && $$ THOMPSON
4 follow-up statements
382 WHUS41 KBOX 160455 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1255 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED ON SUNDAY ALONG SOME EXPOSED OCEAN BEACHES... .SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CAUSE LARGE BREAKERS ACROSS SOME EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES ON SUNDAY. SINCE NADINE HAS RECURVED AND IS NOW HEADING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE EASTERN ATLANTIC... THE SWELLS AND ACCOMPANYING HIGH SURF SHOULD SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. MAZ022>024-RIZ006-008-160830- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1255 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES ON CAPE COD...NANTUCKET... SOUTH SIDE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD...BLOCK ISLAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTY RI. * SURF HEIGHT...GENERALLY 7 TO 10 FEET. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACH GOERS. 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. && $$
310 WHUS41 KBOX 160810 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 410 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF TODAY ALONG EXPOSED OCEAN BEACHES... .SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CAUSE LARGE BREAKERS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES TODAY. SINCE NADINE IS NO LONGER ON A NORTHWEST TRACK TOWARD NEW ENGLAND...THE SWELLS AND ACCOMPANYING HIGH SURF SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. MAZ022>024-RIZ006-008-161615- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 410 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES ON CAPE COD...NANTUCKET... SOUTH SIDE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD...BLOCK ISLAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTY RI. * SURF HEIGHT...GENERALLY 7 TO 10 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACH GOERS. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE BREAKING WAVES. 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. 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. && $$
324 WHUS41 KBOX 161447 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1047 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF TODAY ALONG EXPOSED OCEAN BEACHES... .SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CAUSE LARGE BREAKERS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES TODAY. SINCE NADINE IS NO LONGER ON A NORTHWEST TRACK TOWARD NEW ENGLAND...THE SWELLS AND ACCOMPANYING HIGH SURF SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. MAZ022>024-RIZ006-008-162300- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120917T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1047 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES ON CAPE COD...NANTUCKET... SOUTH SIDE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD...BLOCK ISLAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTY RI. * SURF HEIGHT...GENERALLY 5 TO 9 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACH GOERS. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE BREAKING WAVES. 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. 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. && $$
150 WHUS41 KBOX 162303 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 703 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF TODAY ALONG EXPOSED OCEAN BEACHES... .SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CAUSE LARGE BREAKERS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES TODAY. SINCE NADINE IS NO LONGER ON A NORTHWEST TRACK TOWARD NEW ENGLAND...THE SWELLS AND ACCOMPANYING HIGH SURF SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. MAZ022>024-RIZ006-008-170015- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120917T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 703 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES ON CAPE COD...NANTUCKET... SOUTH SIDE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD...BLOCK ISLAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTY RI. * SURF HEIGHT...GENERALLY 5 TO 9 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACH GOERS. IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE BREAKING WAVES. 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. 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. && $$ RLG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 24 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.