Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Oct 1, 2021, 3:14 AM EDT for Bristol County, Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 8 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Oct 2, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2021, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2021, 3:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383 WHUS41 KBOX 010714 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 314 AM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ005>008-012015- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0009.211002T1200Z-211004T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 314 AM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Sunday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
576 WHUS41 KBOX 011823 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 223 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ005>008-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0009.211002T1200Z-211004T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 223 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected, especially on south facing ocean beaches. * WHERE...Massachusetts and Rhode Island coast. * WHEN...Saturday through Sunday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can be life threatening and can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Keep in mind beaches are no longer staffed with lifeguards this late in the year. && $$
830 WHUS41 KBOX 021105 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 705 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ005>008-030015- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0009.211002T1200Z-211004T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 705 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected, especially on south facing ocean beaches. * WHERE...Massachusetts and Rhode Island coast. * WHEN...Saturday through Sunday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can be life threatening and 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. && $$
671 WHUS41 KBOX 021926 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 326 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ005>008-030830- /O.EXT.KBOX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-211004T1000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 326 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Massachusetts and Rhode Island coast. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can be life threatening and can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Field
714 WHUS41 KBOX 030712 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 312 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ005>008-032030- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-211004T1000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 312 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
593 WHUS41 KBOX 031927 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 327 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ005>008-032030- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-211004T1000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 327 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Long period swell continues, though wave heights are under 4 feet on all waters. Therefore the rip current statement is cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 46 hr |
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.