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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2015, 4:30 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 5, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2015, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2015, 5:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 09:32 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, 9.5 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
291 WHUS44 KCRP 050930 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 430 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SWELL PERIODS AND HEIGHTS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-052100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0004.150505T1000Z-150506T1100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS- 430 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. && $$ GW
7 follow-up statements
364 WHUS44 KCRP 051056 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 556 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SWELL PERIODS AND HEIGHTS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TXZ247-052115- /O.EXA.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150506T1100Z/ CALHOUN- 556 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ242-243-245-052115- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150506T1100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS- 556 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. && $$ GW
796 WHUS44 KCRP 052050 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-060500- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150506T1100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 87
507 WHUS44 KCRP 060543 AAB CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1243 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-061100- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150506T1100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1243 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. && $$ GW
865 WHUS44 KCRP 060824 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 324 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS WINDS CONTINUE TO RELAX SLIGHTLY. HOWEVER...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN AT MODERATE LEVELS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-062100- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150507T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 324 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GW
931 WHUS44 KCRP 062047 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 347 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TONIGHT. THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL DECREASE NEAR SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. TXZ242-243-245-247-070500- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150507T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 347 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. 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. && $$ 87
636 WHUS44 KCRP 070449 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1149 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TONIGHT. THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL DECREASE NEAR SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. TXZ242-243-245-247-071200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150507T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1149 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ LK
581 WHUS44 KCRP 071001 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 501 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 TXZ242-243-245-247-071115- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150507T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 501 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH AND HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED. THUS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. HOWEVER...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. $$ LK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 3 hr | |
| May 5, 3:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 20 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.