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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 23, 20114 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 23, 2011, 4:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 23, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2011, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 23, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 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 09:10 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, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

432 
WHUS44 KCRP 230906
CFWCRP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
406 AM CDT MON MAY 23 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.


TXZ242-243-245-247-240000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.110523T1200Z-110524T0200Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
406 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE TO
  PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF THE
  MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH EARLY THIS 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 ON NORTH PADRE ISLAND...MUSTANG ISLAND...SAN JOSE ISLAND
  AND MATAGORDA ISLAND. 


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.


$$

TMT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 3:57 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		17 hr

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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.