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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 17, 2015, 4:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2015, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2015, 7:00 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 09:30 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, 9.2 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
- 2707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
065 WHUS44 KCRP 170910 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 410 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. SWELL OF 5 TO 6 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL HELP PRODUCE THESE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-172100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0007.150517T1200Z-150519T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 410 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY * 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. && $$ TMT
5 follow-up statements
282 WHUS44 KCRP 180840 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 340 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SWELL OF 5 TO 6 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL HELP PRODUCE THESE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-182100- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150520T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 340 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ CB
670 WHUS44 KCRP 181956 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 256 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SWELL OF 5 TO 6 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL HELP PRODUCE THESE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-190400- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150520T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 256 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY * 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. && $$ GW/RH
879 WHUS44 KCRP 190310 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1010 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SUSTAINED MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PERIOD SWELLS TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SWELL OF 5 TO 6 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL HELP PRODUCE THESE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ242-243-245-247-191200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150520T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1010 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GW
465 WHUS44 KCRP 190845 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING... .SWELLS AND PERIODS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE MORNING. A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE REST OF TUESDAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-191200- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150519T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM CDT TUESDAY * 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. && $$
924 WHUS44 KCRP 191200 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 700 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 TXZ242-243-245-247-191300- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150519T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 700 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXPIRE DUE TO DIMINISHING SWELL PERIODS AND SWELL HEIGHTS. HOWEVER A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 31 hr |
| May 17, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 34 days |
| May 17, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 25 days |
| May 17, 3:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 20 days |
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.