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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 16, 2013, 2:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2013, 3:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 1401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WHUS44 KCRP 161912 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 212 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES... .A MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND AND STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF 8 TO 9 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-170300- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.130716T1912Z-130717T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 212 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK FOR GULF FACING BEACHES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ HART
2 follow-up statements
520 WHUS44 KCRP 162147 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 447 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES... .A MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND AND STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF AROUND 8 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-170900- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T0900Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 447 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TE
941 WHUS44 KCRP 170812 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 312 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT LEVELS EXPECTED TODAY... TXZ242-243-245-247-170915- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T0900Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 312 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS NO LONGER HIGH BUT MODERATE... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT ADVISORY. SWELLS AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER..THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS MODERATE TODAY...SO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL AND NOT SWIM ALONE...ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 91 min |
| Jul 15, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 117 min |
| Jul 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 114 min |
| Jul 16, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 14 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:36 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 13 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.