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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2016, 5:49 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2016, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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 10:50 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, 10.8 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
- 4061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted.
874 WHUS44 KCRP 281049 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 549 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONDITION TODAY ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-281900- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0010.160528T1049Z-160529T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 549 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 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...TODAY. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN ADVERSE 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. && $$ 87
2 follow-up statements
777 WHUS44 KCRP 281821 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 121 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONDITION TODAY ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-290230- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160529T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 121 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
217 WHUS44 KCRP 290148 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 848 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH EARLY MORNING... .THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONDITION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK ON SUNDAY MAY ALSO BE HIGH...IF THESE LONG-PERIOD SWELLS DO NOT DECREASE AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-290900- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160529T0900Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 848 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE REMAINDER OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN ADVERSE 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. && $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Calhoun | 36 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 27 min |
| May 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 64 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Goliad | 115 min |
| May 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee, Refugio | 66 min |
| May 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio | 61 min |
| May 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 45 min |
| May 27, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 112 min | |
| May 27, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas | 44 min |
| May 28, 5:20 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 17 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.