Rip Current Statement
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
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Details
High Rip Current Risk In Effect From Saturday Morning Through Saturday Evening
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Dangerous rip currents expected.
Where
Eastern Essex MA, Suffolk MA, Eastern Norfolk MA, Eastern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties.
When
From Saturday morning through Saturday evening.
Impacts
Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Eastern Essex
- Suffolk County, MA
- Eastern Norfolk
- Eastern Plymouth
- Barnstable County, MA
- Nantucket County, MA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TTJFPR9E7H3EVT70BT346R
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.85b6201b4867514d6e1efd49bcd34cf7ac2a108d.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8233
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KBOX 181755 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBOX.RP.S.0014.260919T1200Z-260920T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Essex
- Suffolk County, MA
- Eastern Norfolk
- Eastern Plymouth
- Barnstable County, MA
- Nantucket County, MA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 025009 |
| SAME | 025021 |
| SAME | 025025 |
| SAME | 025023 |
| SAME | 025001 |
| SAME | 025019 |
| UGC | MAZ007 |
| UGC | MAZ015 |
| UGC | MAZ016 |
| UGC | MAZ019 |
| UGC | MAZ022 |
| UGC | MAZ024 |