Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 26, 2022, 3:44 PM EDT for Dukes County, Essex County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 27, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2022, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
752 WHUS41 KBOX 261944 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 344 PM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-270845- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.220627T1200Z-220628T0000Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 344 PM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI County. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
052 WHUS41 KBOX 270607 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 207 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-272000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.220627T1200Z-220628T0000Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 207 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
448 WHUS41 KBOX 271443 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1043 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022 MAZ007-280000- /O.EXA.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220628T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA- 1043 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Essex MA County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong rip currents reported at Salisbury Beach. Over a dozen rescues each of the last 2 days. 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. && $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-280000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220628T0000Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 1043 AM EDT Mon Jun 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 34 hr |
Nearby
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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.