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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 1, 2013, 4:50 AM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Dukes County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 1, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2013, 4:50 AM EDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
458 WHUS41 KBOX 010850 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-011700- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0004.130701T1200Z-130702T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 450 AM EDT MON JUL 1 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 EXPOSED BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...8 TO 12 FEET AT SOME LOCATIONS. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM... WITH HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM. 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
1 follow-up statement
956 WHUS41 KBOX 011151 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 751 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-012000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.130701T1200Z-130702T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 751 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH-FACING EXPOSED BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET AT SOME LOCATIONS. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM... WITH HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 64 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Essex | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 43 min | |
| Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 48 hr | |
| Jul 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min | |
| Jul 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex | 113 min |
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.