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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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, 3.0 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WHUS44 KCRP 241500 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1000 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LARGE SEAS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242>245-247-242300- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0008.150524T1500Z-150526T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1000 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 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...THROUGH MONDAY 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. && $$ MB
3 follow-up statements
609 WHUS44 KCRP 242223 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 523 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LARGE SEAS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242>245-247-251000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 523 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TE
715 WHUS44 KCRP 250854 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 354 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... .A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LARGE SEAS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES...AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE. TXZ242>245-247-252100- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 354 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MID 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. && $$ GW
908 WHUS44 KCRP 252032 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 332 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... .A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LARGE SEAS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES...AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE. TXZ242>245-247-260200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 332 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING * IMPACTS...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 18 days |
| May 23, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 45 min |
| May 23, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 45 min |
| May 23, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 112 min |
| May 23, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 54 min |
| May 23, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 43 min |
| May 23, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 117 min |
| May 24, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 35 min |
| May 24, 12:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 116 min |
| May 24, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 46 min |
| May 24, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 94 min | |
| May 24, 1:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 118 min |
| May 24, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 34 min |
| May 24, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 82 min | |
| May 24, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 41 min |
| May 24, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 47 min |
| May 24, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 24, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 24, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Calhoun | 14 min |
| May 24, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 88 min | |
| May 24, 9:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 10 days |
| May 24, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 3 days |
| May 24, 9:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 10 hr | |
| May 24, 9:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 33 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.