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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 16, 2013, 3:51 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2013, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 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 09:51 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, 9.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WHUS44 KCRP 160951 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 351 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF NEAR 10 SECONDS COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL RESULT IN A THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT TODAY ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS. TXZ242-243-245-247-161800- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0008.131116T0951Z-131117T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 351 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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. EVEN THOSE USING SURF OR BOOGIE BOARDS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. 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. && $$ JR
2 follow-up statements
203 WHUS44 KCRP 161810 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1210 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF NEAR 10 SECONDS COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS. BY EARLY TONIGHT...THE FLOW WILL BECOME APPROXIMATELY SOUTH AND DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-170300- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-131117T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1210 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. EVEN THOSE USING SURF OR BOOGIE BOARDS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 87
408 WHUS44 KCRP 170257 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 857 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013 TXZ242-243-245-247-170400- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-131117T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 857 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN AT MODERATE LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces and 3 more | 5 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.