Alert archive / Massachusetts / Rip Current Statements / 2026
Rip Current Statements in Massachusetts, August 2026
5 rip current statements in August 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of rip current statements reaches back to 2005.
Rip Current Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Rip Current Statements
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 17, 20262 rip current statements
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:43 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:17 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 18 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:50 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 30 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Norfolk, Plymouth | 27 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:06 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.