Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2025
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 19, 2025, 2:24 AM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jun 19, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2025, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 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 06:22 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, 6.4 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
719 WHUS41 KBOX 190624 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 224 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-200000- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.250619T1800Z-250620T2300Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 224 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
853 WHUS41 KBOX 191916 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 316 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-201015- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250620T2300Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 316 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Frank
933 WHUS41 KBOX 200608 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 208 AM EDT Fri Jun 20 2025 MAZ020>022-RIZ006-007-202300- /O.EXA.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250620T2300Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA- Washington RI-Newport RI- 208 AM EDT Fri Jun 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents on south-facing beaches. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA and Barnstable MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Washington RI and Newport RI Counties. * 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. && $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-202300- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250620T2300Z/ Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 208 AM EDT Fri Jun 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Massachusetts, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Block Island RI. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 29 hr | |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 46 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.