Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Jul 9, 2014, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 9, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Jul 9, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI

The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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.

206 
WHUS41 KBOX 090727
CFWBOX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
327 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL GENERATE MODEST TO LARGE WAVE
ACTION COMBINED WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO A
HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES
OF THE SOUTH COAST...AS WELL AS THE ISLANDS DURING THE DAY TODAY.

MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-091700-
/O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.140709T1200Z-140710T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-
NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
327 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...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...THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF THE 
  SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE ISLANDS.

* 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

&&

$$


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287 
WHUS41 KBOX 092016
CFWBOX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
416 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL GENERATE MODEST TO LARGE WAVE
ACTION COMBINED WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO A
HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES
OF THE SOUTH COAST...AS WELL AS THE ISLANDS DURING THE DAY TODAY.

MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-100000-
/O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140710T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-
NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
416 PM EDT WED JUL 9 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 INCLUDING THE ISLANDS. 

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 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

&&

$$

709 
WHUS41 KBOX 100015
CFWBOX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
815 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-100115-
/O.EXP.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140710T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-
NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
815 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

AS THE SUN SETS...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE. HOWEVER THERE
IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TOMORROW. 

$$


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Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, 2014Rip Current Statements in Rhode Island, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014

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.