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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Sep 18, 2026, 1:55 PM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 19, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2026, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
173 WHUS41 KBOX 181755 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 155 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 MAZ007-015-016-019-022-024-190700- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0014.260919T1200Z-260920T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 155 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Essex MA, Suffolk MA, Eastern Norfolk MA, Eastern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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. && $$ Frank
2 follow-up statements
480 WHUS41 KBOX 190632 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 232 AM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026 MAZ007-015-016-019-022-024-200000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0014.260919T1200Z-260920T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 232 AM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Essex MA, Suffolk MA, Eastern Norfolk MA, Eastern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
871 WHUS41 KBOX 200023 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 823 PM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026 MAZ007-015-016-019-022-024-200130- /O.EXP.KBOX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-260920T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 823 PM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 11:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 21 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.