Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at May 31, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jun 1, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784
WHUS41 KBOX 312015
CFWBOX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
415 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014
MAZ022-024-010415-
/O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0001.140601T1100Z-140602T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
415 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
* LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET EAST COASTS
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH
* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET.
* LOW TIDES...NAUSET........702 AM
GREAT POINT...813 AM
NANTUCKET.....838 AM
* HIGH TIDES...NAUSET.......156 PM
GREAT POINT...326 PM
NANTUCKET.....357 PM
* OTHER HAZARDS...NONE.
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
&&
$$
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@NWSBOSTON4 follow-up statements
337 WHUS41 KBOX 010149 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 949 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014 MAZ022-024-011000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0001.140601T1100Z-140602T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 949 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET EAST COASTS * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * LOW TIDES...NAUSET.....702 ...AM GREAT POINT...813 AM NANTUCKET.....838 AM * HIGH TIDES...NAUSET....156 ...PM GREAT POINT...326 PM NANTUCKET.....357 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ RLG 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
341 WHUS41 KBOX 010741 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 341 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 MAZ022-024-011545- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0001.140601T1100Z-140602T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 341 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET EAST COASTS * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * LOW TIDES...NAUSET.....702 AM ...GREAT POINT...813 AM NANTUCKET.....838 AM * HIGH TIDES...NAUSET....156 PM ...GREAT POINT...326 PM NANTUCKET.....357 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...NONE. 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 && $$ RLG FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
996 WHUS41 KBOX 011533 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1133 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 MAZ022-024-012345- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 1133 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET EAST COASTS * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * HIGH TIDES...NAUSET....156 PM GREAT ...POINT...326 PM NANTUCKET.....357 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
711 WHUS41 KBOX 020006 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 806 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 MAZ022-024-020115- /O.EXP.KBOX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- 806 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 24 hr | |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 11 hr |
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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.