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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 9, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2016, 4:28 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2016, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 8:00 PM CST
In force
16 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 10:30 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, 10.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

765 
WHUS44 KCRP 091028
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
428 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES...

.LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ELEVATED SWELL HEIGHTS TODAY WILL RESULT IN
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A HIGH
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.

TXZ242-243-245-247-092200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.160309T1028Z-160310T0200Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
428 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED 
  SWIMMERS. 

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.

&&

$$

TB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 8:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb26 min
Mar 8, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb37 min
Mar 8, 10:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle26 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPCalhoun32 min
Mar 9, 1:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPRefugio, San Patricio21 min
Mar 9, 2:20 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPRefugio, San Patricio, Victoria25 min
Mar 9, 2:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb56 min
Mar 9, 2:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria39 min
Mar 9, 4:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle34 min
Mar 9, 5:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb23 min
Mar 9, 6:19 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb26 min
Mar 9, 6:26 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Mar 9, 6:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg, Nueces59 min
Mar 9, 6:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb34 min
Mar 9, 7:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces49 min
Mar 9, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb26 min
Mar 9, 7:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio38 min
Mar 9, 7:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio3 hr
Mar 9, 7:24 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP36 min
Mar 9, 7:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio47 min
Mar 9, 8:03 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP87 min
Mar 9, 8:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more22 hr
Mar 9, 8:22 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak23 min
Mar 9, 8:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more3 hr
Mar 9, 8:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria42 min
Mar 9, 8:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
Mar 9, 9:03 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPRefugio27 min
Mar 9, 9:18 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Live Oak3 hr
Mar 9, 9:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria26 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces, San Patricio36 min
Mar 9, 9:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria34 min
Mar 9, 9:31 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP29 min
Mar 9, 9:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPAransas35 min
Mar 9, 10:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces3 hr
Mar 9, 10:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio3 hr
Mar 9, 11:17 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPGoliad, Victoria118 min
Mar 9, 11:27 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio2 hr
Mar 9, 1:28 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPCalhoun, Victoria62 min
Mar 9, 1:58 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP62 min
Mar 9, 2:50 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces68 hr
Mar 9, 2:59 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP46 min

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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.