Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 17, 2015, 10:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2015, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188
WHUS44 KHGX 171534
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1034 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015
TXZ214-236>238-180245-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0007.151017T1534Z-151018T0800Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
1034 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
GALVESTON BEACH PATROL REPORTS STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS
TODAY WITH FLAG COLOR RED.
* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS DUE TO BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS.
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.
&&
$$3 follow-up statements
361 WHUS44 KHGX 180325 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1025 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .MODERATE EAST NORTHEAST WINDS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. TXZ214-236>238-181130- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-151018T2200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1025 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS...JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
262 WHUS44 KHGX 180326 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1026 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .MODERATE EAST NORTHEAST WINDS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. TXZ214-236>238-182200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-151018T2200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1026 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
387 WHUS44 KHGX 182026 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 326 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .MODERATE EAST WINDS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. TXZ214-236>238-190300- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-151019T0300Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 326 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS...JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS WILL MAKE SWIMMING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVEN TO THE MOST MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL...FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 6:14 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 46 hr |
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.