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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 20, 2015, 8:16 PM CDT for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2015, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
County Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
750 WHUS44 KHGX 210116 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 816 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE... .A LONG FETCH OF MODERATE EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS HAS GENERATED ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THESE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND WAVE RUN UP MAY APPROACH OR SLIGHTLY OVER WASH THE LOWEST LYING ROADS AND STRUCTURES. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AT HIGHWAY 87 AT HIGHWAY 124...THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY IN EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY AND BEACH DRIVE IN SURFSIDE. TXZ214-237-212100- /O.EXB.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151021T2100Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS- 816 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND HIGHWAY 124 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ238-212100- /O.EXT.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151021T2100Z/ GALVESTON- 816 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND HIGHWAY 124 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ236-212100- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0002.151021T0116Z-151021T2100Z/ MATAGORDA- 816 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WAVE RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNES AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
4 follow-up statements
732 WHUS44 KHGX 210909 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 409 AM CDT WED OCT 21 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE... .A LONG FETCH OF MODERATE EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS HAS GENERATED ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE DURING THE EVENINGS AND EARLY MORNINGS...THESE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND WAVE RUN UP MAY APPROACH OR SLIGHTLY OVER WASH THE LOWEST LYING ROADS AND STRUCTURES. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AT HIGHWAY 87 AT HIGHWAY 124...THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY IN EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY AND BEACH DRIVE IN SURFSIDE. TXZ214-237-238-212100- /O.EXT.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151022T1200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 409 AM CDT WED OCT 21 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. WATER WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON TUESDAY OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND HIGHWAY 124 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ236-212100- /O.EXT.KHGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151022T1200Z/ MATAGORDA- 409 AM CDT WED OCT 21 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. WAVE RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNES AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
520 WHUS44 KHGX 212042 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 342 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE... .A LONG FETCH OF MODERATE EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS HAS GENERATED ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE DURING THE EVENINGS AND EARLY MORNINGS...THESE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND WAVE RUN UP MAY APPROACH OR SLIGHTLY OVER WASH THE LOWEST LYING ROADS AND STRUCTURES. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AT HIGHWAY 87 AT HIGHWAY 124...THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY IN EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY AND BEACH DRIVE IN SURFSIDE. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND CONDITIONS COULD WORSEN IF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMS SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING NEAR THE AREA. TXZ214-237-238-220445- /O.EXT.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151023T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 342 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE GALVESTON BEACH PATROL ADVISES TO ONLY GO INTO A DEPTH OF YOUR KNEES IF YOU ARE A CAPABLE SWIMMER. OTHERWISE DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. WATER WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TODAY OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND HIGHWAY 124 DEPOSITING SAND AND DEBRIS ON THE ROADS ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ236-220445- /O.EXT.KHGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151023T0000Z/ MATAGORDA- 342 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. WAVE RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNES AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
782 WHUS44 KHGX 220932 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 432 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE... .A LONG FETCH OF MODERATE EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS HAS GENERATED ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE DURING THE EVENINGS AND EARLY MORNINGS...THESE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND WAVE RUN UP MAY APPROACH OR SLIGHTLY OVER WASH THE LOWEST LYING ROADS AND STRUCTURES. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AT HIGHWAY 87 AT HIGHWAY 124...THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY IN EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY AND BEACH DRIVE IN SURFSIDE. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND CONDITIONS COULD WORSEN IF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMS SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING NEAR THE AREA. TXZ214-237-238-230000- /O.CON.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151023T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 432 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE GALVESTON BEACH PATROL ADVISES TO ONLY GO INTO A DEPTH OF YOUR KNEES IF YOU ARE A CAPABLE SWIMMER. OTHERWISE DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS... WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND HIGHWAY 124 DEPOSITING SAND AND DEBRIS ON THE ROADS ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ TXZ236-230000- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151023T0000Z/ MATAGORDA- 432 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. WAVE RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNES AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
498 WHUS44 KHGX 222051 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 351 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDE TIMES... .A LONG FETCH OF MODERATE EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS HAS GENERATED ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AROUND TIMES OF EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HIGH TIDES...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND WAVE RUN UP MAY APPROACH AND OR SLIGHTLY OVER WASH THE LOWEST LYING ROADWAYS. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AT HIGHWAY 87 AT HIGHWAY 124...THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY BRAZORIA AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES AND BEACH DRIVE IN SURFSIDE. TXZ236-232100- /O.CAN.KHGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151023T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151024T0000Z/ MATAGORDA- 351 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. .TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. WAVE RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNES AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COASTAL WATER RUN UP HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND BAY CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...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 THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ TXZ213-232100- /O.EXB.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151024T0000Z/ HARRIS- 351 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS... WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE LYNCHBURG FERRY ROAD THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF ENCOUNTERING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! && $$ TXZ214-237-238-232100- /O.EXT.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151024T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 351 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS... JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE GALVESTON BEACH PATROL ADVISES TO ONLY GO INTO A DEPTH OF YOUR KNEES IF YOU ARE A CAPABLE SWIMMER. OTHERWISE DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS... WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND HIGHWAY 124 DEPOSITING SAND AND DEBRIS ON THE ROADS ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Texas, 2015Every beach hazards 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.