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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2013, 3:25 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 28, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2013, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2013, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 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 08:26 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, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
995 WHUS44 KCRP 280825 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 325 AM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ONSHORE FLOW ALONG WITH LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242>247-281800- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0007.131028T1200Z-131029T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 325 AM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS 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. && $$ TB
4 follow-up statements
538 WHUS44 KCRP 281744 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1244 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ONSHORE FLOW ALONG WITH LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242>247-290145- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131029T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1244 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
157 WHUS44 KCRP 290138 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 838 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW ALONG WITH LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. TXZ244-246-290245- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131029T0200Z/ SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO- 838 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ TXZ242-243-245-247-291000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131030T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 838 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TMT
980 WHUS44 KCRP 290935 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 29 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-291800- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131030T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS 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. && $$
887 WHUS44 KCRP 291415 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 915 AM CDT TUE OCT 29 2013 TXZ242-243-245-247-291515- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131030T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 915 AM CDT TUE OCT 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR TODAY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN REDUCED TO MODERATE FOR TODAY. SWELL HEIGHTS AND SWELL PERIODS HAVE DIMINISHED ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE CANCELLATION OF THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 5 hr |
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.