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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Sep 11, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 11, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
824 WHUS44 KCRP 110915 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 415 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL OCCUR TODAY ACROSS THE MID TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM NATE. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS. TXZ242-243-245-247-120300- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0011.110911T1100Z-110912T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 415 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. 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 JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
583 WHUS44 KCRP 112013 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 313 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF 9 TO 10 SECONDS...ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM NATE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE MID TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS. TXZ242-243-245-247-120415- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-110912T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 313 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$ 87 PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
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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.