Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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WHUS41 KBOX 141541
CFWBOX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1141 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...HIGH SURF AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG
EAST FACING BEACHES...

.GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STEEP AND CHOPPY
WIND WAVES TODAY YIELDING ROUGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS
ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEACHES...ESPECIALLY EAST FACING
OCEAN BEACHES. AS WINDS EASE LATER TODAY AND SHIFT TO OFFSHORE...
WIND WAVES WILL TRANSITION TO EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS WHICH MAY
LINGER INTO SATURDAY. THIS MAY YIELD A MODERATE OR HIGH RISK OF
RIPS INTO SATURDAY. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

MAZ022-024-142345-
/O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
1141 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...EAST FACING BEACHES OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

* SURF HEIGHT...AS HIGH AS 5 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COULD MAKE 
  CONDITIONS DANGEROUS FOR OBSERVERS TOO CLOSE TO THE WATERS 
  EDGE. EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS MAY BE UNABLE TO BREAK FREE 
  FROM RIP CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$

MAZ007-015-016-019-142345-
/O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
1141 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...EAST FACING BEACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE TO HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...AS HIGH AS 5 FEET AT TIMES.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EVEN EXPERIENCED 
  SWIMMERS MAY BE UNABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM THE CURRENT AND 
  ESCAPE FROM BEING CARRIED OFFSHORE. CONDITIONS COULD BE 
  DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS.

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

&&

$$


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178 
WHUS41 KBOX 142321
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
721 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

MAZ022-024-150030-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
721 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
SURF ADVISORY.

HIGHER SEAS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OFFSHORE. THIS WILL MODERATE THE
THREAT OF HIGH SURF ALONG THE COASTS OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

$$

MAZ007-015-016-019-150030-
/O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
721 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

HIGHER SEAS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OFFSHORE. THIS WILL MODERATE THE
THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.

$$


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