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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 26, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 26, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2013, 1:00 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 08:00 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, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WHUS44 KCRP 260800 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 300 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS AND A LONG EASTERLY FETCH WILL RESULT IN HIGHER LONGER PERIOD SWELLS ALONG THE MID TEXAS COAST. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT RISK TO HIGH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. TXZ242>247-261600- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0006.131026T1200Z-131027T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 300 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 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. && $$ JM
1 follow-up statement
625 WHUS44 KCRP 261543 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1043 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... .GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND A LONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY FETCH WILL RESULT IN LONG PERIOD SWELLS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES. TXZ244-246-261645- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0600Z/ SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO- 1043 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR SAN PATRICIO AND REFUGIO COUNTIES. $$ TXZ242-243-245-247-270600- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1043 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... * TIMING...TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES. 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. && $$ RH/JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 8:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CRP | 10 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.