Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2022, 4:47 AM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2022, 4:47 AM EDT (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted.
702 WHUS41 KBOX 260847 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 447 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022 MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-262200- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0007.220726T0847Z-220727T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 447 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Southern Bristol MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Washington RI, Newport RI and Block Island RI Counties, especially south facing ocean beaches. * 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. && $$ Nocera
2 follow-up statements
555 WHUS41 KBOX 260853 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 453 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022 MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-262200- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220727T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 453 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Southern Bristol MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Washington RI, Newport RI and Block Island RI Counties, especially south facing ocean beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
241 WHUS41 KBOX 261836 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 236 PM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022 MAZ020-023-024-RIZ006>008-270000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220727T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- 236 PM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Southern Bristol MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Washington RI, Newport RI and Block Island RI 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 25, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jul 25, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jul 25, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Nantucket | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 53 min | |
| Jul 26, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min |
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.