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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 22, 20114 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 22, 2011, 6:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2011, 6:03 AM CDT (11:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
16 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 11:05 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, 11.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3787 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

357 
WHUS44 KCRP 221103
CFWCRP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
603 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011


TXZ242-243-245-247-230300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.110622T1103Z-110623T0300Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
603 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING...

CONTINUED ONSHORE MOVING HIGH SWELLS OF 4 TO 6 FEET PRODUCED BY
MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL
PROVIDE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. THE
HIGHEST THREAT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AT PIERS AND
JETTIES.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIMMING AND OTHER MARINE-RELATED ACTIVITIES ARE HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE THREAT FROM HEAVY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS.
HEAVY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE WATER.

&&

$$

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI

MJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 4:14 AM CDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasCRP6 hr
Jun 22, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 22, 8:38 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPCalhoun37 min
Jun 22, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP95 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.