Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2015, 3:58 AM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2015, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
481 WHUS41 KBOX 290758 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 358 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .LEFTOVER SOUTHERLY SWELLS FROM DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED HIGH SEAS WILL YIELD TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS ACROSS SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASS INCLUDING THE ISLANDS. MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-291600- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0001.150629T0758Z-150630T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 358 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... WHICH IS IN EFFECT 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. * OTHER HAZARDS...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/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
2 follow-up statements
685 WHUS41 KBOX 291327 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 927 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .LEFTOVER SOUTHERLY SWELLS FROM DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED HIGH SEAS WILL YIELD TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS ACROSS SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASS INCLUDING THE ISLANDS. MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-292130- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150630T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 927 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...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...4 TO 6 FEET. * OTHER HAZARDS...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/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
695 WHUS41 KBOX 291955 CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 355 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .LEFTOVER SOUTHERLY SWELLS FROM DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO YIELD STRONG RIP CURRENTS ACROSS SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASS INCLUDING THE ISLANDS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-300000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150630T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 355 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...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...4 TO 6 FEET. * OTHER HAZARDS...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/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, 2015Rip Current Statements in Rhode Island, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.