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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 22, 20145 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 22, 2014, 3:16 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2014, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 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, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -45 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.

776 
WHUS44 KCRP 222016
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
316 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS OCCURRING ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...

.LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE REACHED THE COAST AT THE SOUTH PACKERY
CHANNEL BEACH IN NUECES COUNTY. THIS CONDITION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO
HIGH RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY. ADDITIONAL RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR ALONG
THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND
THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

TXZ242>245-247-230500-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.140822T2016Z-140823T0500Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
316 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 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 EARLY TONIGHT.

* 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 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.

&&

$$

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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.