Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 2, 2021, 7:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 3, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
182 WHUS41 KBOX 022357 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 757 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021 MAZ007-019-022-024-031300- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210703T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.210703T1500Z-210704T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 757 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR FRIDAY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Essex MA, Eastern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM Saturday morning through Saturday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
417 WHUS41 KBOX 030748 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 348 AM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 MAZ007-019-022-024-032100- /O.EXT.KBOX.RP.S.0003.210703T1200Z-210704T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 348 AM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Plymouth MA, Eastern Essex MA, Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
637 WHUS41 KBOX 032038 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 438 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 MAZ007-019-022-024-040000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210704T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 438 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Plymouth MA, Eastern Essex MA, Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 88 min |
| Jul 2, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 90 min |
| Jul 2, 2:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 86 min |
| Jul 2, 4:24 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 16 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, 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.