Alert archive / Rhode Island / Rip Current Statements in 2020

Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 2, 2020Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 2, 2020, 5:40 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 3, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2020, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 3, 2020, 3:31 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

661 
WHUS41 KBOX 022140
CFWBOX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
540 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020

RIZ008-030545-
/O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0001.200603T1000Z-200604T0000Z/
Block Island RI-
540 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Block Island RI County.

* WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
190 
WHUS41 KBOX 030731
CFWBOX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
331 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2020

RIZ008-030845-
/O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0001.200603T1000Z-200604T0000Z/
Block Island RI-
331 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

There is a moderate risk of dangerous rip currents today, 
but it appears that the high risk will hold off until Thursday.

$$

Frank

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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.