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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2015, 4:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 10, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2015, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 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 09:05 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, 9.1 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
- 1689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
224 WHUS44 KCRP 090903 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 403 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGHOUT SUNDAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-091800- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.150510T1200Z-150511T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 403 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SUNDAY. * 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. && $$ LK
7 follow-up statements
771 WHUS44 KCRP 091544 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1044 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH SWELL PERIODS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGHOUT SUNDAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-092345- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.150510T1200Z-150511T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1044 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
556 WHUS44 KCRP 092335 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 635 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-101100- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0005.150510T1200Z-150511T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 635 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY 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. && $$ TMT
074 WHUS44 KCRP 100816 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 316 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-101630- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.150510T1200Z-150511T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 316 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ LK
064 WHUS44 KCRP 100818 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 318 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-101800- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.150510T1200Z-150511T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 318 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY 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. && $$ LK
173 WHUS44 KCRP 101801 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 101 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-110215- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150511T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 101 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GW/LK
029 WHUS44 KCRP 102035 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 335 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WEAKENING WINDS WILL LOWER SWELLS OVERNIGHT AND THUS REDUCE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. TXZ242-243-245-247-110600- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150511T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 335 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 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. && $$
595 WHUS44 KCRP 110231 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 931 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES... .SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WEAKENING WINDS WILL LOWER SWELLS TOWARD DAYBREAK AND THUS REDUCE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. TXZ242-243-245-247-111100- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150511T1100Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 931 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 56 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.