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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2016, 4:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2016, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 10:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 09:37 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, 9.6 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618 WHUS44 KCRP 010935 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUING TO PUSH INTO THE REGION WILL LEAD TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TXZ242-243-245-247-011745- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0014.160901T0935Z-160901T2300Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160901T1500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 435 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOODING...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL REACH THE DUNES ALONG THE OPEN BEACHES AND TIDES MAY REACH SOME ROADWAYS ALONG THE BAYS. * TIMING...EXPECT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...AT 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...SEVERAL BEACH ACCESS ROADS BECOME FLOODED. MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES MAY OCCUR. STEADY PERIODS OF WATER AT THE DUNES MAY OCCUR. WATER MAY FLOOD PORTIONS OF LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF. NORTH BEACH MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. 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. 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ TXZ244-246-011500- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160901T1500Z/ SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO- 435 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL REACH THE DUNES ALONG THE OPEN BEACHES AND TIDES MAY REACH SOME ROADWAYS ALONG THE BAYS. * TIMING...EXPECT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...AT 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...SEVERAL BEACH ACCESS ROADS BECOME FLOODED. MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES MAY OCCUR. STEADY PERIODS OF WATER AT THE DUNES MAY OCCUR. WATER MAY FLOOD PORTIONS OF LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF. NORTH BEACH MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ LK
1 follow-up statement
476 WHUS44 KCRP 011510 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1010 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUING TO PUSH INTO THE REGION WILL LEAD TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TXZ242-243-245-247-012300- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-160901T2300Z/ /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-160901T2300Z/ /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160901T2300Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160901T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160901T2300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1010 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL REACH THE DUNES ALONG THE OPEN BEACHES AND TIDES MAY REACH SOME ROADWAYS ALONG THE BAYS. * TIMING...EXPECT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...AT 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...SEVERAL BEACH ACCESS ROADS BECOME FLOODED. MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES MAY OCCUR. STEADY PERIODS OF WATER AT THE DUNES MAY OCCUR. WATER MAY FLOOD PORTIONS OF LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF. NORTH BEACH MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. 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. 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. && $$ TXZ244-246-012100- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160901T2100Z/ SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO- 1010 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL REACH THE DUNES ALONG THE OPEN BEACHES AND TIDES MAY REACH SOME ROADWAYS ALONG THE BAYS. * TIMING...EXPECT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...AT 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...SEVERAL BEACH ACCESS ROADS BECOME FLOODED. MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES MAY OCCUR. STEADY PERIODS OF WATER AT THE DUNES MAY OCCUR. WATER MAY FLOOD PORTIONS OF LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF. NORTH BEACH MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:50 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 12 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:25 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 37 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.