Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 18, 2026, 1:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jul 19, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2026, 1:35 AM EDT (05:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 19, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
904 WHUS41 KBOX 180535 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 135 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-190000- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0004.260719T1200Z-260720T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 135 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
609 WHUS41 KBOX 181640 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1240 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-191500- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.260719T1200Z-260720T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1240 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
742 WHUS41 KBOX 190523 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 123 AM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026 MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-200000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.260719T1200Z-260720T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 123 AM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected on beaches exposed to the south and southwest. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI 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. && $$
640 WHUS41 KBOX 191658 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1258 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026 MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-200000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260720T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1258 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Washington, Southern Bristol MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Nantucket MA, and Newport RI Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
661 WHUS41 KBOX 192358 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 758 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026 MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-200100- /O.EXP.KBOX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260720T0000Z/ Southern Bristol MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 758 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.