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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this rip current statement at Oct 11, 2025, 1:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Oct 12, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2025, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2025, 7:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
211 WHUS41 KGYX 111725 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 125 PM EDT Sat Oct 11 2025 MEZ023-024-NHZ014-120700- /O.NEW.KGYX.RP.S.0005.251012T1600Z-251013T0000Z/ Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Coastal Rockingham- 125 PM EDT Sat Oct 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Maine, Coastal York and Coastal Cumberland Counties. In New Hampshire, Coastal Rockingham County. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Sunday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
379 WHUS41 KGYX 120603 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 203 AM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 MEZ023-024-NHZ014-122000- /O.NEW.KGYX.SU.Y.0005.251013T1200Z-251015T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGYX.RP.S.0005.251012T1600Z-251013T0000Z/ Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Coastal Rockingham- 203 AM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 11 feet. * WHERE...In Maine, Coastal York and Coastal Cumberland Counties. In New Hampshire, Coastal Rockingham County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from noon EDT today through this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 8 AM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MEZ025>027-122000- /O.NEW.KGYX.SU.Y.0005.251013T1200Z-251015T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.RP.S.0005.251012T1600Z-251013T0000Z/ Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- 203 AM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 11 feet. * WHERE...Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from noon EDT today through this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 8 AM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * 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. && $$
109 WHUS41 KGYX 121729 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 129 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 MEZ023>027-NHZ014-130700- /O.CON.KGYX.SU.Y.0005.251013T1200Z-251015T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGYX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-251013T0000Z/ Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- Coastal Rockingham- 129 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 10 feet. * WHERE...In Maine, Coastal York, Coastal Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox Counties. In New Hampshire, Coastal Rockingham County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 8 AM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
188 WHUS41 KGYX 122354 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 754 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 MEZ023>027-NHZ014-130800- /O.CAN.KGYX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-251013T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGYX.SU.Y.0005.251013T1200Z-251015T0000Z/ Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- Coastal Rockingham- 754 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 5 to 10 feet. * WHERE...In Maine, Coastal York, Coastal Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox Counties. In New Hampshire, Coastal Rockingham County. * WHEN...From 8 AM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. && $$ ZH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 1:34 AM EDT | Gale Watch | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 11, 1:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 6 days |
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.