Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 12, 2014, 4:01 PM EDT for Bristol County, Dukes County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 13, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2014, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2014, 4:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 20:05 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, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452 WHUS41 KBOX 122001 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 401 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY... .A GRADUALLY BUILDING SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-130415- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0002.140613T1200Z-140614T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 401 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE TRHEATENING IF NOT HEADED. 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 && $$
4 follow-up statements
371 WHUS41 KBOX 130335 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1135 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY... .A GRADUALLY BUILDING SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-131145- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0002.140613T1200Z-140614T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1135 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE TRHEATENING IF NOT HEADED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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
551 WHUS41 KBOX 130839 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .A GRADUALLY BUILDING SOUTHERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND BY THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS DURING THE DAY TODAY. MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-131645- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0002.140613T1200Z-140614T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 439 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING IF NOT HEADED. 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
095 WHUS41 KBOX 131426 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1026 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .A GRADUALLY BUILDING SOUTHERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND BY THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS DURING THE DAY TODAY. MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-132230- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140614T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1026 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING IF NOT HEADED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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
424 WHUS41 KBOX 132016 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 416 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 MAZ020-023-RIZ006>008-132130- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140614T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 416 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...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
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, 2014Rip Current Statements in Rhode Island, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.