Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2011, 7:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WHUS44 KHGX 291220 CFWHGX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 720 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ214-236>238-300000- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0001.110529T1220Z-110531T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 720 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY AND MONDAY. 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HOUSTON
3 follow-up statements
254 WHUS44 KHGX 292032 CFWHGX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 332 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ214-236>238-310000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110531T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 332 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HOUSTON
478 WHUS44 KHGX 300342 CFWHGX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1042 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ214-236>238-310000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110531T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1042 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HOUSTON
808 WHUS44 KHGX 301548 CFWHGX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1048 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 TXZ214-236>238-310000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110531T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1048 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT... PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HOUSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 5 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
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.