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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 25, 2015, 4:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2015, 4:13 PM CST (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 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 22:16 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, 10.2 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
- 1123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WHUS44 KCRP 252213 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 413 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG SWELL PERIODS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ242-243-245-247-260615- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0016.151225T2213Z-151227T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 413 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * 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. && $$ 87
5 follow-up statements
348 WHUS44 KCRP 260454 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1054 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG SWELL PERIODS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ242-243-245-247-261300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1054 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
887 WHUS44 KCRP 261418 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 818 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .ONSHORE FLOW INCREASING TO STRONG LEVELS AND LONG SWELL PERIODS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-262230- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 818 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON * 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. && $$ 87
267 WHUS44 KCRP 262147 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 347 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND WILL BECOME OFFSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL REDUCE THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-270600- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T1800Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 347 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 87
775 WHUS44 KCRP 270508 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1108 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND WILL BECOME OFFSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL SHOULD REDUCE THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-271800- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T1800Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1108 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * 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. && $$
943 WHUS44 KCRP 271202 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 602 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY... TXZ242-243-245-247-280000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-151228T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 602 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:31 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:09 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 14 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:09 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 35 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.