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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2011, 6:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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 11:10 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, 11.2 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
- 1757 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WHUS44 KCRP 291111 CFWCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 611 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ242-243-245-247-300200- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0003.110529T1111Z-110530T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 611 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MONDAY... A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY AND MONDAY. A HIGH RISK OR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES AS THEY WILL ACT TO TURN A STRONG LONG-SHORE CURRENT AWAY FROM THE BEACH. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS GIVEN THE CONDITIONS TODAY AND SWIMMING NEAR THESE STRUCTURES IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. AWAY FROM PIERS AND JETTIES...THE GENERAL RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE MODERATE GIVEN THE CURRENT WIND FORECAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIMMING IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE THREAT FROM RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE WATER. IF YOU DECIDE TO ENTER THE WATER TODAY...DO NOT VENTURE BEYOND THE FIRST SAND BAR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH IN ORDER TO SWIM OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT AND ONCE OUT OF THE CURRENT SWIM BACK TO SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI MJG
2 follow-up statements
764 WHUS44 KCRP 292004 CFWCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ242-243-245-247-301100- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110531T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY... A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. A HIGH RISK OR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES AS THEY WILL ACT TO TURN A STRONG LONG-SHORE CURRENT AWAY FROM THE BEACH. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND SWIMMING NEAR THESE STRUCTURES IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. AWAY FROM PIERS AND JETTIES...THE GENERAL RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE MODERATE GIVEN THE CURRENT WIND FORECAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIMMING IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE THREAT FROM RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE WATER. IF YOU DECIDE TO ENTER THE WATER TODAY...DO NOT VENTURE BEYOND THE FIRST SAND BAR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH IN ORDER TO SWIM OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT AND ONCE OUT OF THE CURRENT SWIM BACK TO SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI JR
875 WHUS44 KCRP 300833 CFWCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 333 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 TXZ242-243-245-247-310300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110531T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 333 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND 6 TO 7 FOOT INCOMING WAVES WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIMMING TODAY IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE WATER. IF YOU DECIDE TO ENTER THE WATER TODAY...DO NOT VENTURE BEYOND THE FIRST SAND BAR AND STAY AWAY FROM PIERS AND JETTIES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH IN ORDER TO SWIM OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT WHICH IS TYPICALLY A NARROW STREAM OF WATER. ONCE OUT OF THE CURRENT SWIM BACK TO SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI MJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:15 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 56 hr | |
| May 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | Bee, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak and 4 more | 15 hr |
| May 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 29 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.