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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 19, 2022, 6:48 PM EDT for Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 20, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2022, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2022, 8:22 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
892 WHUS41 KBOX 192248 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 648 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 MAZ023-024-201200- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220720T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0005.220720T1200Z-220721T0000Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 648 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday 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. && $$ RIZ008-200000- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220720T0000Z/ Block Island RI- 648 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The High Rip Current Risk has ended for today. A new high rip risk has been issued from 8 AM to 8 PM Wednesday for Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. $$
1 follow-up statement
078 WHUS41 KBOX 201222 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 822 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 MAZ023-024-201330- /O.CAN.KBOX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220721T0000Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 822 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS DOWNGRADED TO MODERATE RISK... The high risk for rip currents has been downgraded to a moderate risk. Swimmers still should be very vigilant. There remains a moderate risk for rip currents along the south coast through this evening. This includes Block Island, Newport County, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:36 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 64 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.