Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2019, 3:36 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Essex County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 8, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2019, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2019, 4:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
843 WHUS41 KBOX 080736 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 336 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 MAZ007-022-024-081545- /O.CAN.KBOX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-190908T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.190908T1000Z-190908T2200Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 336 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this afternoon. The High Surf Advisory has been cancelled. * LOCATIONS...Eastern Essex, Barnstable, and Nantucket Counties in Massachusetts * TIMING...Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...There is a high risk of rip currents today due to leftover swell from departing Hurricane Dorian. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can quickly sweep people away from the shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ MAZ019-080845- /O.CAN.KBOX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-190908T1000Z/ Eastern Plymouth MA- 336 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY... The National Weather Service in Taunton has cancelled the High Surf Advisory. Seas have subsided to less than 7 feet and thus below the criteria for a High Surf Advisory. $$ Field
3 follow-up statements
554 WHUS41 KBOX 080738 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 338 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 MAZ007-022-024-081545- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.190908T1000Z-190908T2200Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 338 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Eastern Essex, Barnstable, and Nantucket Counties in Massachusetts. * TIMING...Through this afternoon. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can quickly sweep people away from the shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/us.nationalweatherservice.boston.gov You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
902 WHUS41 KBOX 081453 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1053 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 MAZ007-022-024-082200- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-190908T2200Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 1053 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Eastern Essex, Barnstable, and Nantucket Counties in Massachusetts. * TIMING...Through this afternoon. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can quickly sweep people away from the shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
597 WHUS41 KBOX 082016 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 416 PM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 MAZ007-022-024-082130- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-190908T2200Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 416 PM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. Moderate rip currents are expected into this evening. However the higher risk of very strong rip currents has subsided. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ NMB
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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.