Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2024, 3:20 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jul 17, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2024, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2024, 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 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
977 WHUS41 KBOX 170720 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 320 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-172030- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.240717T1200Z-240718T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 320 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 8PM 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 8 AM EDT this morning through 8pm 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
139 WHUS41 KBOX 171939 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 339 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 MAZ020-021-023-024-RIZ006>008-180845- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0004.240718T1200Z-240719T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240718T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 339 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the first High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the second High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the second High Rip Current Risk, from Thursday morning through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MAZ022-180000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240718T0000Z/ Barnstable MA- 339 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Barnstable MA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 15 min |
| Jul 16, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 15 min |
| Jul 16, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jul 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 28 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Middlesex, Worcester | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 21 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.