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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 13, 2015, 3:18 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2015, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 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 21:19 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, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
487 WHUS44 KCRP 132118 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 318 PM CST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS IN THE GULF TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY. SWELLS HAVE A CHANCE TO DIMINISH ON SUNDAY...AND THE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BECOME MORE MODERATE. TXZ242-243-245-247-141100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0013.151113T2118Z-151115T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 318 PM CST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS 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. && $$ GW
3 follow-up statements
596 WHUS44 KCRP 141138 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 538 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS IN THE GULF TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. SWELLS HAVE A CHANCE TO DIMINISH ON SUNDAY...AND THE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BECOME MORE MODERATE. TXZ242-243-245-247-142200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-151115T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 538 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
680 WHUS44 KCRP 141520 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 920 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS IN THE GULF TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ALSO...THE MORE EASTERLY FLOW AND HIGH SWELLS ARE PUSHING HIGHER THAN PREDICTED TIDES TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS BEACHES...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS. WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS BEACHES NEAR AND SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS. TXZ242-243-150600- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0010.151114T2100Z-151115T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-151115T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 920 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS AT OR ABOVE 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON'S HIGH TIDE CYCLE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH COASTAL FLOODING HAVING THE GREATEST CONCERN BETWEEN 3 PM AND 11 PM. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. WATER WILL REACH UP TO THE DUNES ON MUSTANG AND PADRE ISLANDS. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-150600- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-151115T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 920 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ARANSAS AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GW/TB
079 WHUS44 KCRP 150608 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1208 AM CST SUN NOV 15 2015 TXZ242-243-150715- /O.EXP.KCRP.CF.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-151115T0600Z/ /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-151115T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 1208 AM CST SUN NOV 15 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED.. TIDAL LEVELS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 2 FEET MSL AT BOB HALL PIER. ALSO...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NOW AS SWELL PERIODS HAVE SUBSIDED A BIT. $$ TXZ245-247-150715- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-151115T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1208 AM CST SUN NOV 15 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NOW AS SWELL PERIODS HAVE SUBSIDED A BIT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 9:27 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 27 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.