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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 22, 2011, 4:18 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 22, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2011, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 30 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
337 WHUS44 KCRP 220918 CFWCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE TODAY... .SWELLS AROUND 8 FEET ARE APPROACHING THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. TXZ242>247-222230- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.110522T1200Z-110523T0100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PERIODS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT...AND WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. HOWEVER...THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN HIGHER THAN NORMAL TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT AREA BEACHES...INCLUDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 18 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.