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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 8, 20267 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 8, 2026, 8:51 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2026, 8:51 AM EDT (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:52 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2026-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2026-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

923 
WHUS41 KBOX 081251
CFWBOX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
851 AM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026

MAZ007-014>016-019-022-024-090300-
/O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0002.260708T1251Z-260709T0300Z/
Eastern Essex MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-
Eastern Norfolk MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA-
851 AM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Eastern Essex MA, Southeast Middlesex MA, Suffolk MA, 
  Eastern Norfolk MA, Eastern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA and 
  Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...East facing ocean beaches are most vulnerable.

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.

&&

$$

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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.