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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Sep 26, 2014, 3:48 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2014, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 08:49 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, 8.8 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
- 996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597 WHUS44 KCRP 260848 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 348 AM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY... ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO A MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TIDES HEAD TOWARD HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ242-243-262100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.140926T0848Z-140927T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 348 AM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL LEAD TO MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT ARANSAS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS EXPECTED AS THE TIDE BEGINS TO RISE...PEAKING BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT TODAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY RESULT IN WATER REACHING THE DUNES IN SOME LOCATIONS...MAKING DRIVING ALONG AREA BEACHES DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-262100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.140926T0848Z-140927T0300Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 348 AM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT TODAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TE
4 follow-up statements
919 WHUS44 KCRP 262036 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 336 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO A MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TIDES HEAD TOWARD HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-270300- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 336 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE AND ONSHORE FLOW MAY LEAD TO MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT ARANSAS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW MAY OCCUR AS THE TIDE BEGINS TO RISE...PEAKING BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY RESULT IN WATER REACHING THE DUNES IN SOME LOCATIONS...MAKING DRIVING ALONG AREA BEACHES DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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... ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-270300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 336 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
371 WHUS44 KCRP 270308 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1008 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO A MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS. TXZ242-243-271200- /O.EXP.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140927T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 1008 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT 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 THAN IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. WHILE THE RISK FOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...A RISK FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS PRESENT FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FURTHER ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED DEPENDING ON THE WAY CONDITIONS EVOLVE. 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. && $$ TXZ244-271200- /O.EXB.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140927T1200Z/ SAN PATRICIO- 1008 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAN IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ245-247-271200- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140927T1200Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1008 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. * 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...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. && $$ 90
124 WHUS44 KCRP 270850 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 350 AM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO A MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS. IN ADDITION...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TIDES HEAD TOWARD HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TXZ244-271000- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140927T1200Z/ SAN PATRICIO- 350 AM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. $$ TXZ242-243-272100- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0004.140927T0850Z-140928T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140928T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 350 AM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL LEAD TO MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT ARANSAS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL BY EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS EXPECTED AS THE TIDE BEGINS TO RISE...PEAKING BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT TODAY. * 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...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY RESULT IN WATER REACHING THE DUNES IN SOME LOCATIONS...MAKING DRIVING ALONG AREA BEACHES DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ TXZ245-247-272100- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140928T0300Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 350 AM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT TODAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TE
176 WHUS44 KCRP 272044 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 344 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO A MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS. IN ADDITION...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TIDES HEAD TOWARD HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-280300- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140928T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140928T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 344 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL LEAD TO MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT ARANSAS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL BY EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS EXPECTED AS THE TIDE BEGINS TO RISE...PEAKING BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT 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 SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY RESULT IN WATER REACHING THE DUNES IN SOME LOCATIONS...MAKING DRIVING ALONG AREA BEACHES DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ TXZ245-247-280300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140928T0300Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 344 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:19 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 27 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:33 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 4 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.