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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 18, 20144 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2572 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 3:31 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio15 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.