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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 18, 2015, 3:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2015, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 08:40 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, 8.7 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
- 2367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WHUS44 KCRP 180839 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 339 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .SWELLS WITH VERY LONG PERIODS WILL COMBINE WITH A RECENT NEW MOON AND A WEAK TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND TO PRODUCE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY EVENING. SWELL PERIODS WILL DECREASE BY MID EVENING...ENDING THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND LEAVING A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS STILL ELEVATED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. TXZ242-243-245-247-182200- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0011.150618T0839Z-150619T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 339 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 10 PM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR 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. && $$ GW
2 follow-up statements
787 WHUS44 KCRP 181551 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1051 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SWELLS WITH VERY LONG PERIODS WILL COMBINE WITH A RECENT NEW MOON AND A WEAK TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND TO PRODUCE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. SWELL PERIODS WILL DECREASE BY MID EVENING...ENDING THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND LEAVING A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS STILL ELEVATED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. TXZ242-243-245-247-190000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150619T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1051 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TMT/GW
504 WHUS44 KCRP 182342 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 642 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SWELLS WITH VERY LONG PERIODS WILL COMBINE WITH A RECENT NEW MOON AND A WEAK TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND TO PRODUCE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. SWELL PERIODS WILL DECREASE BY MID EVENING...ENDING THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND LEAVING A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS STILL ELEVATED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. TXZ242-243-245-247-190300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150619T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 642 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR 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. && $$ LK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 7:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 18 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 114 min | |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 7 days |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 31 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 112 min |
| Jun 18, 3:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 38 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 7 days |
| Jun 18, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg | 3 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.