High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Sep 29, 2016, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 29, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Sep 29, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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293 
WHUS41 KBOX 290842
CFWBOX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
442 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

MAZ007-022-024-291700-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.160929T1200Z-160929T2200Z/
EASTERN ESSEX MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
442 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORELINES OF CAPE ANN, OUTER
  CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

* SURF HEIGHT...UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET NEAR SHORE. 

* TIMING...EXPECT HIGH SURF TO BEGIN BY AROUND 8 AM, THEN SLOWLY

* IMPACTS...THE HIGH SURF WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
  ALONG EAST FACING SHORELINES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THERE MAY
  ALSO BE SOME MINOR SPLASHOVER AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATE
  THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE HIGH SURF COMBINING
  WITH NEAR ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A
STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE
SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER...AND
EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT.

IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM
PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL...THEN SWIM BACK TO
SHORE. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE
CURRENT OUT UNTIL IT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM BACK TO SHORE OUTSIDE
OF THE RIP CURRENT.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY INTO THE RIP CURRENT...IT CAN
EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.

HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED
BEACHES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES...WHERE RIP
CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED.

IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD STAY IN SAFE AREAS
WELL AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASHOVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE
THAN TWICE THE AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO
THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING
INTO TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY
THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

&&

$$

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WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON

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490 
WHUS41 KBOX 291406
CFWBOX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1006 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

MAZ007-022-024-292200-
/O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160929T2200Z/
EASTERN ESSEX MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
1006 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORELINES OF CAPE ANN... OUTER CAPE COD 
  AND NANTUCKET.

* SURF HEIGHT...UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET NEAR SHORE.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 6 PM. 

* IMPACTS...THE HIGH SURF WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG EAST 
  FACING SHORELINES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME MINOR 
  SPLASHOVER AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY 
  AFTERNOON DUE TO THE HIGH SURF COMBINING WITH NEAR ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A STRONG BUT
NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY
CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER...AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM
AGAINST IT.

IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL...THEN SWIM BACK TO SHORE. ANOTHER MEANS OF
ESCAPE FOR GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT UNTIL IT DISSIPATES...THEN
SWIM BACK TO SHORE OUTSIDE OF THE RIP CURRENT.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY INTO THE RIP CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN
EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.

HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES. BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES...WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE
ENHANCED.

IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD STAY IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM
POSSIBLE SPLASHOVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE AVERAGE WAVE
HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A
SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT
IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

&&

$$

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

High Surf Advisories in Massachusetts, 2016Every high surf advisory in 2016

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.