Alert archive / Rhode Island / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2013, 4:38 AM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 30, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2013, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 30, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2013, 8:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834 WHUS41 KBOX 300838 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 438 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT TODAY ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES... .THE PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIZ006-008-301645- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.130630T1200Z-130701T0100Z/ WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 438 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...IS HIGH FOR TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COULD MAKE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SWIMMERS. EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS MAY BE UNABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM RIP CURRENTS. 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
3 follow-up statements
656 WHUS41 KBOX 301828 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 228 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT TODAY ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES... .THE PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIZ006-008-010100- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130701T0100Z/ WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 228 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...IS HIGH FOR TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COULD MAKE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SWIMMERS. EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS MAY BE UNABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
240 WHUS41 KBOX 302010 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 410 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT INTO THIS EVENING ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES... .THE PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIZ006-008-010100- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130701T0100Z/ WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 410 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK...IS HIGH FOR TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COULD MAKE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SWIMMERS. EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS MAY BE UNABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM RIP CURRENTS. 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
233 WHUS41 KBOX 010042 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 842 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 RIZ006-008-010145- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130701T0100Z/ WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 842 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
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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.