Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Jun 20, 2016, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

20 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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509 
WHUS44 KCRP 200840
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
340 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...

.STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FOUR...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WILL COMBINE
WITH EASTERLY FLOW TODAY AND LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES.

TXZ242-243-245-247-202100-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0011.160620T0840Z-160621T0500Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
340 AM CDT MON JUN 20 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 THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. 
  THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF 
  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.

&&

$$

HART

089 
WHUS44 KCRP 202053
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
353 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING ALONG MIDDLE TEXAS
COAST...

.STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM
DANIELLE...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WILL
COMBINE WITH EASTERLY FLOW AND LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG
RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES.

TXZ242-243-245-247-210500-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160621T0500Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
353 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. 
  THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF 
  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.

&&

$$

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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.