Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Dec 10, 2011, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 10, 2011, 4:00 PM CST

Expired

Dec 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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953 
WHUS44 KCRP 102130
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
330 PM CST SAT DEC 10 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TIDES FOR
PADRE AND MUSTANG ISLANDS THIS EVENING...

.STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING OVER THE GULF WATERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF 
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL ALSO
LEAD TO WATER APPROACHING THE DUNES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

TXZ242-243-110600-
/O.NEW.KCRP.CF.S.0004.111210T2200Z-111211T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0013.111210T2200Z-111211T0600Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-
330 PM CST SAT DEC 10 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE PUSHED TIDE LEVELS
  TO AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGHER THAN
  NORMAL TIDES MAY RESULT IN WATER LEVELS POSSIBLY APPROACHING THE
  DUNES ON THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF MUSTANG AND PADRE ISLANDS.

* TIMING...THE HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
  ISLANDS AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING. DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TIDE LEVELS WILL RUN ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AND BE
  NEAR 2 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. WATER
  LEVELS MAY APPROACH THE DUNES DURING PEAK HIGH TIDE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH MINOR FLOODING BRIEFLY POSSIBLE IN
  ISOLATED LOCATIONS. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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...


DRIVING AND CAMPING ON AREA BEACHES IS NOT ADVISED DUE TO HIGH
WATERLINES DURING HIGH TIDES. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...LEAVE YOUR
VEHICLE AND SEEK SAFETY ON HIGHER GROUND.

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.


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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.