Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Aug 6, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 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 radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804 WHUS41 KBOX 052028 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 428 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WEDNESDAY... .INCREASING SOUTH SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL BRING A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES OF THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE ISLANDS. MAZ023-024-RIZ006>008-060430- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0004.140806T1200Z-140807T0000Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 428 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES... BLOCK ISLAND...LOW TIDE 925 AM...HIGH TIDE 421 PM NARRAGANSETT...LOW TIDE 935 AM...HIGH TIDE 416 PM NEWPORT........LOW TIDE 924 AM...HIGH TIDE 427 PM NANTUCKET......LOW TIDE 835 AM...HIGH TIDE 211 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...A HIGH RISK MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING. 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
4 follow-up statements
244 WHUS41 KBOX 060814 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 414 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WEDNESDAY... .INCREASING SOUTH SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL BRING A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES OF THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE ISLANDS. MAZ020-061615- /O.EXA.KBOX.RP.S.0004.140806T1200Z-140807T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- 414 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES... NEW BEDFORD...LOW TIDE 931 AM...HIGH TIDE 434 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...A HIGH RISK MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ006>008-061615- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.140806T1200Z-140807T0000Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 414 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND... MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES... BLOCK ISLAND...LOW TIDE 925 AM...HIGH TIDE 421 PM NARRAGANSETT...LOW TIDE 935 AM...HIGH TIDE 416 PM NEWPORT........LOW TIDE 924 AM...HIGH TIDE 427 PM NANTUCKET......LOW TIDE 835 AM...HIGH TIDE 211 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...A HIGH RISK MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING. 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
267 WHUS41 KBOX 060816 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 416 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WEDNESDAY... .SOUTH SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL BRING A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES OF THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE ISLANDS. MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-061630- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.140806T1200Z-140807T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 416 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND... MASSACHUSETTS...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES... BLOCK ISLAND...LOW TIDE 925 AM...HIGH TIDE 421 PM NARRAGANSETT...LOW TIDE 935 AM...HIGH TIDE 416 PM NEWPORT........LOW TIDE 924 AM...HIGH TIDE 427 PM NEW BEDFORD....LOW TIDE 931 AM...HIGH TIDE 434 PM NANTUCKET......LOW TIDE 835 AM...HIGH TIDE 211 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...A HIGH RISK MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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
427 WHUS41 KBOX 061429 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1029 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING... .SOUTH SWELLS FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL BRING A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES OF THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE ISLANDS. MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-062300- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140807T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1029 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND... MASSACHUSETTS...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES... * OTHER HAZARDS...A HIGH RISK MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOME AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING. 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 SANDBARS 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 && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
997 WHUS41 KBOX 061936 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 336 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING... .SOUTH SWELLS FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES OF THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE ISLANDS INTO THIS EVENING. MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-070000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140807T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 336 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND... MASSACHUSETTS...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES... BLOCK ISLAND...HIGH TIDE 421 PM NARRAGANSETT...HIGH TIDE 416 PM NEWPORT........HIGH TIDE 427 PM NEW BEDFORD....HIGH TIDE 430 PM NANTUCKET......HIGH TIDE 211 PM * OTHER HAZARDS...A HIGH RISK MEANS THERE IS THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS MAY BECOME LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBARS AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE (USE LOWERCASE LETTERS) TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 46 hr | |
| Aug 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 59 min |
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.