Rip Current Statement
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
255 AM EDT Tue Aug 27 2019
…HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON…
The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this afternoon.
* TIMING…Through early this evening.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for dangerous rip currents today along many eastern Massachusetts ocean-exposed beaches including Cape Cod and Nantucket. For those going to the beach, heed the advice of local lifeguards when considering going into the water. When in doubt of your abilities to swim in these rough conditions, do not go out.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
There is a high risk of rip currents.
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs.
If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly.
