Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jun 8, 2026, 4:46 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jun 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2026, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
701 WHUS41 KBOX 080846 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 446 AM EDT Mon Jun 8 2026 MAZ022-024-090200- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0001.260608T1200Z-260609T0200Z/ Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 446 AM EDT Mon Jun 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 30 hr |
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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.