Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT for 8 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Sep 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
449 WHUS41 KBOX 211815 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 215 PM EDT Mon Sep 21 2026 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ002-004>008-221100- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0015.260922T1000Z-260923T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Southeast Providence RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Block Island RI- 215 PM EDT Mon Sep 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
244 WHUS41 KBOX 220558 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 158 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ002-004>008-221900- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0015.260922T1000Z-260923T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Southeast Providence RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Block Island RI- 158 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
158 WHUS41 KBOX 222030 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 430 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ002-004>008-230000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260923T0000Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Southeast Providence RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Block Island RI- 430 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
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.