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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 9, 2011, 2:36 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 9, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2011, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 07:39 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, 7.6 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
- 2637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
863 WHUS44 KCRP 090736 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 236 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND MONDAY... .PERSISTENT SWELLS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE CREATING LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF 8 TO 9 SECONDS. THIS...COMBINED WITH THE PERSISTENT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SWELLS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON MONDAY. TXZ242>247-100000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0012.111009T1200Z-111011T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 236 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THE DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS PERSISTENT SWELLS AND HIGH PERIODS IMPACT THE COASTLINE. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE MOST DANGEROUS NEAR THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES LIKE JETTIES AND PIERS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. 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
3 follow-up statements
367 WHUS44 KCRP 100006 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 706 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY... .THE RECENT PERIOD OF STRONG ONSHORE WINDS HAS PRODUCED A 5 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELL OF 9 SECONDS. THESE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY DESPITE THE WINDS TURNING OFFSHORE TODAY. THE SWELLS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO RESULT IN A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NOAA HAS DETECTED A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM ACROSS THE REGION. PATCHY HIGH IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING FISH KILLS IN THE PORT O'CONNOR AREA AND SIGNIFICANT RESPIRATORY IMPACTS FOR SOME RESIDENTS AT AREA BEACHES. TXZ242>247-101200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-111011T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 706 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ONGOING AND WILL NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL LATE ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE MOST DANGEROUS NEAR THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES LIKE JETTIES AND PIERS. 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
174 WHUS44 KCRP 100920 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 420 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF AROUND 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GULF WATERS TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE DESPITE THE WINDS TURNING OFFSHORE TODAY. THE SWELLS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO RESULT IN A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NOAA HAS DETECTED A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM ACROSS THE REGION. PATCHY HIGH IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING FISH KILLS IN THE PORT O'CONNOR AREA AND SIGNIFICANT RESPIRATORY IMPACTS FOR SOME RESIDENTS AT AREA BEACHES. TXZ242>247-101730- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-111011T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 420 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ONGOING AND WILL NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL LATE TODAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE MOST DANGEROUS NEAR THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES LIKE JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM TMT
452 WHUS44 KCRP 101539 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1039 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF AROUND 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GULF WATERS TODAY. THE SWELLS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO RESULT IN A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY. IN ADDITION...NOAA HAS DETECTED A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM ACROSS THE REGION. PATCHY HIGH IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING FISH KILLS IN THE PORT O'CONNOR AREA AND SIGNIFICANT RESPIRATORY IMPACTS FOR SOME RESIDENTS AT AREA BEACHES. TXZ242>247-110000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-111011T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1039 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ONGOING AND WILL NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL LATE TODAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE MOST DANGEROUS NEAR THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES LIKE JETTIES AND PIERS. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 47 min |
| Oct 9, 10:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 78 min |
| Oct 9, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 83 min | |
| Oct 9, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 116 min |
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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.