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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 26, 20126 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2012, 3:22 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2012, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 27, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1874 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

421 
WHUS44 KCRP 260822
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
322 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG BARRIER ISLAND 
   BEACHES...

.PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW ALONG WITH LONG
PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG
THE BARRIER ISLANDS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

TXZ242>247-262200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0004.120526T1100Z-120527T0500Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
322 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG 
  BARRIER ISLAND BEACHES OF THE MID TEXAS COAST. THE RIP 
  CURRENTS WILL BE MOST FREQUENT AND STRONGER NEAR THE VICINITY 
  OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. 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...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

&&

$$

GW

Nearby

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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.