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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 1, 2015, 4:28 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2015, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2015, 6:17 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 10:29 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, 10.5 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
- 419 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026 WHUS44 KCRP 011028 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 428 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .EASTERLY LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-011900- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0003.150301T1028Z-150302T0100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 428 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...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...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST 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. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE 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. YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT... SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
038 WHUS44 KCRP 011748 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1148 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .EASTERLY LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ242-243-245-247-020100- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150302T0100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1148 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT... SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HART
937 WHUS44 KCRP 020017 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 617 PM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED FROM HIGH RISK CATEGORY... .SWELLS MOVING TOWARD THE COAST CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-020130- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150302T0100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 617 PM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT SURF ZONE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALSO MEANS THAT SURF ZONE CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:50 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 days | |
| Mar 1, 9:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.