Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 22, 2021, 3:38 AM EDT for Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2021, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
774 WHUS41 KBOX 220738 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 338 AM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-222045- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0001.210622T0738Z-210622T2300Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 338 AM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI County. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$ Frank
2 follow-up statements
904 WHUS41 KBOX 221931 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 331 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-222300- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210622T2300Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 331 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Nantucket MA and Dukes MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ BL
267 WHUS41 KBOX 222302 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 702 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-230015- /O.EXP.KBOX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210622T2300Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 702 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Lingering swell from the distant remnants of Claudette will continue to diminish overnight, lowering the risk for rip currents into Wednesday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 31 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 53 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 49 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, 2021Rip Current Statements in Rhode Island, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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.