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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 22, 2014, 3:37 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 22, 2014, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2014, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2014, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2014, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 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 09:37 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, 9.6 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
- 610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988 WHUS44 KCRP 220937 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 337 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HIGH SWELLS WITH LONG PERIODS WILL PUSH TOWARD THE GULF FACING TEXAS BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH.. TXZ242-243-245-247-221800- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0007.141122T1400Z-141123T0400Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 337 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 PM 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. THESE RIP CURRENTS ARE DANGEROUS TO EVEN EXPERIENCED 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. && $$ TMT
2 follow-up statements
985 WHUS44 KCRP 221752 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1152 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HIGH SWELLS WITH LONG PERIODS WILL PUSH TOWARD THE GULF FACING TEXAS BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH.. TXZ242-243-245-247-230400- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-141123T0400Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1152 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. THESE RIP CURRENTS ARE DANGEROUS TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PZ
424 WHUS44 KCRP 230353 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 953 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 TXZ242-243-245-247-230500- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-141123T0400Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 953 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE ENDED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ TE/GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 8:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Nov 22, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 51 min |
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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.