# Rip Current Statement: Eastern Essex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Eastern Plymouth; Barnstable; Nantucket — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-18 02:10 ingested 2026-08-18 06:42

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## extract

Rip Current Statement — Eastern Essex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Eastern Plymouth; Barnstable; Nantucket
Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Massachusetts, Eastern Essex, Suffolk, Eastern Norfolk,
Eastern Plymouth, Barnstable and Nantucket Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.