Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2026, 11:47 PM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jul 14, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2026, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
129 WHUS41 KBOX 140347 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1147 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-142000- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0003.260714T1400Z-260716T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1147 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected, especially on south-facing beaches. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT Tuesday through Wednesday 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. && $$ Loconto
1 follow-up statement
235 WHUS41 KBOX 150426 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1226 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-160000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260716T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1226 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, especially on beaches with south-facing exposures. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.