Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Aug 9, 2024, 2:06 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Aug 9, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2024, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 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 06:09 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
204 WHUS41 KBOX 090606 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 206 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-100200- /O.NEW.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.240810T0000Z-240811T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0005.240809T1200Z-240810T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 206 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 9 feet expected in the surf zone along with dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
019 WHUS41 KBOX 091917 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 317 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-100830- /O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0004.240810T0000Z-240811T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240810T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 317 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 9 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:06 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 42 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:08 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 26 hr | |
| Aug 9, 5:25 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 4 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.