Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Sep 13, 2020, 11:08 AM EDT for Essex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2020, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Essex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
377 WHUS41 KBOX 131508 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1108 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 MAZ007-132200- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.200913T1508Z-200913T2200Z/ Eastern Essex MA- 1108 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Essex MA County. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
672 WHUS41 KBOX 131955 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 355 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 MAZ007-140500- /O.NEW.KBOX.SU.Y.0009.200914T1000Z-200916T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200913T2200Z/ Eastern Essex MA- 355 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Essex MA County. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 6 AM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Viewing large waves or fishing from jetties is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Viewing large waves or fishing from jetties is strongly discouraged. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-140500- /O.NEW.KBOX.SU.Y.0009.200914T1000Z-200916T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 355 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 5 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Southern Bristol MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Washington RI, Newport RI and Block Island RI Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Viewing large waves or fishing from jetties is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Viewing large waves or fishing from jetties is strongly discouraged. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 3:26 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 53 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:55 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more | 52 hr |
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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.