Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2023, 4:22 AM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 13, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2023, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
136 WHUS41 KBOX 120822 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 422 AM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-122130- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0006.230913T1200Z-230914T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 422 AM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. This will likely need to be extended into Thursday, Friday and beyond. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
287 WHUS41 KBOX 121957 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 357 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-131300- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0006.230913T1200Z-230914T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 357 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
117 WHUS41 KBOX 130721 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 321 AM EDT Wed Sep 13 2023 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-132030- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0006.230913T1200Z-230914T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 321 AM EDT Wed Sep 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Providence | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 12 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Newport | 84 min |
| Sep 12, 12:58 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 34 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 97 min |
| Sep 11, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 94 min |
| Sep 11, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 91 min |
| Sep 11, 9:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 17 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 17 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 12 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.