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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2026, 1:11 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 25, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2026, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
881 WHUS41 KBOX 251711 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 111 PM EDT Sat Jul 25 2026 MAZ022-260815- /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0005.260726T0000Z-260727T1200Z/ Barnstable MA- 111 PM EDT Sat Jul 25 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Barnstable MA County, especially east facing beaches. * WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
061 WHUS41 KBOX 260856 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 456 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 MAZ024-270000- /O.EXA.KBOX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-260727T1200Z/ Nantucket MA- 456 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Nantucket MA County. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MAZ022-270000- /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-260727T1200Z/ Barnstable MA- 456 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Barnstable MA County. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
801 WHUS41 KBOX 261913 CFWBOX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 313 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 MAZ022-024-270000- /O.EXT.KBOX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-260727T0000Z/ Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 313 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.