Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 4, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT for Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 4, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
335 WHUS41 KBOX 040730 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 330 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020 MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-041530- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0002.200604T1300Z-200604T2200Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 330 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Ocean exposed south facing beaches along the south coast and Islands. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT this morning through this afternoon. * 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. && $$ Frank
1 follow-up statement
647 WHUS41 KBOX 041419 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1019 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020 MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-042200- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200604T2200Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1019 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Ocean exposed south facing beaches along the south coast and Islands. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT this morning through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 51 min | |
| Jun 3, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 43 min | |
| Jun 3, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 50 min | |
| Jun 3, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 39 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, 2020Rip Current Statements in Rhode Island, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.