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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 18, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 18, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 19:39 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, 7.7 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
- 2572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 WHUS44 KCRP 181940 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS OCCURRING ALONG MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE REACHED THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS. THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-190500- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.140818T2000Z-140819T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 240 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE 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. && $$ TMT
1 follow-up statement
371 WHUS44 KCRP 190457 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1157 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS DIMINISHING BUT MODERATE RISK REMAINS... .WINDS HAVE SHIFT MORE TO THE SOUTH LATE THIS EVENING... DIMINISHING THE RIP CURRENT RISK. HOWEVER...LONG PERIOD SWELLS REMAIN OVER THE OPEN GULF WATERS. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS COULD RESULT IN AN OCCASIONAL RISK FOR HIGH RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY IF WINDS SHIFT MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED. SWIMMERS SHOULD STILL REMAIN VERY CAREFUL ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. TXZ242-243-245-247-190600- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140819T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1157 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED...THERE IS STILL A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS OVER GULF-FACING BEACHES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:31 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 15 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.