Rip Current Statement
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
New
Details
High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Until 8 PM EDT This 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.
Where
Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island.
When
Until 8 PM EDT this 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
- Southern Bristol
- Southern Plymouth
- Barnstable County, MA
- Dukes County, MA
- Nantucket County, MA
- Southeast Providence
- Eastern Kent
- Bristol
- Washington County, RI
- Newport County, RI
- Block Island
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~32s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35D07MAYFM1SY1MYZCJ6XB6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2f26217cea36316af0b3f4d603c45efb96fd1b50.001.1
- 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.4190
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KBOX 222030 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KBOX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260923T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f2b7698d7c859ab7a1a1c26dea1bd3c481062956.001.1,2026-09-22T01:58:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a77a896ae1cb9af3a3e61571e7f2681b58cb3198.001.1,2026-09-21T14:15:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Essex
- Suffolk County, MA
- Eastern Norfolk
- Eastern Plymouth
- Southern Bristol
- Southern Plymouth
- Barnstable County, MA
- Dukes County, MA
- Nantucket County, MA
- Southeast Providence
- Eastern Kent
- Bristol
- Washington County, RI
- Newport County, RI
- Block Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 025009 |
| SAME | 025021 |
| SAME | 025025 |
| SAME | 025023 |
| SAME | 025005 |
| SAME | 025001 |
| SAME | 025007 |
| SAME | 025019 |
| SAME | 044007 |
| SAME | 044003 |
| SAME | 044001 |
| SAME | 044009 |
| SAME | 044005 |
| UGC | MAZ007 |
| UGC | MAZ015 |
| UGC | MAZ016 |
| UGC | MAZ019 |
| UGC | MAZ020 |
| UGC | MAZ021 |
| UGC | MAZ022 |
| UGC | MAZ023 |
| UGC | MAZ024 |
| UGC | RIZ002 |
| UGC | RIZ004 |
| UGC | RIZ005 |
| UGC | RIZ006 |
| UGC | RIZ007 |
| UGC | RIZ008 |