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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
713 WHUS44 KCRP 281928 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 228 PM CDT FRI OCT 28 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK OCCURRING AND LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .SUSTAINED LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST WINDS OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING SWELL HEIGHTS AND PERIODS. THESE HIGH SWELLS AND SWELL PERIODS, COMBINED WITH A CONTINUED EASTERLY FLOW AND APPROACHING NEW MOON WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LIKELY CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TXZ242-243-245-247-291100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0016.161028T1928Z-161030T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 228 PM CDT FRI OCT 28 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, AND LIKELY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED 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. 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. && $$ GW
11 follow-up statements
844 WHUS44 KCRP 290858 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 358 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-291700- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.161029T0858Z-161031T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161031T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 358 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 1.2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 2.2 FEET MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON THE BEACH MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$ MB
599 WHUS44 KCRP 290945 CCA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 445 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-292145- /O.COR.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.161029T0941Z-161031T0000Z/ /O.COR.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161031T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 445 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 1.2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 2.2 FEET MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$ MB
230 WHUS44 KCRP 291944 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 244 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-301100- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161031T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 244 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 2.2 FEET MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$ GW/MB
619 WHUS44 KCRP 300920 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 420 AM CDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... .MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-302100- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161031T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 420 AM CDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES AROUND 2.0 FEET ABOVE MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$
623 WHUS44 KCRP 301940 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... .MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH MONDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-311000- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 240 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES AROUND 2.0 FEET ABOVE MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$ PZ
207 WHUS44 KCRP 310906 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 406 AM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... .PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-311800- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 406 AM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES AROUND 2.0 FEET ABOVE MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$ LK
051 WHUS44 KCRP 311632 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1132 AM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... .PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-010000- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1132 AM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES AROUND 2.0 FEET ABOVE MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$
363 WHUS44 KCRP 312020 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 320 PM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... .PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG PERIOD LARGE SWELLS THROUGH TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-010200- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161101T0200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 320 PM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDES AROUND 2.0 FEET ABOVE MSL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES IN COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. VEHICLES DRIVING ON OR NEAR AREA BEACHES MAY BE IMPACTED AND POSSIBLY HALTED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS. NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. 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. && $$
911 WHUS44 KCRP 010158 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 858 PM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUATION OF POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MAIN HIGH TIDE CYCLE OF TUESDAY EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-011500- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161102T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161102T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 858 PM CDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2.0 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP ASIDE FROM HIGH TIDE CYCLES. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES MAY OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE CYCLES. MINOR BEACH FLOODING AND MINOR EROSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACHES WILL BE LIMITED TO IMPOSSIBLE. LOWEST AREAS OF NORTH BEACH IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND ALONG LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE. THE SURF IS 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. 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. && $$ HART
122 WHUS44 KCRP 010849 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 349 AM CDT TUE NOV 1 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUATION OF POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MAIN HIGH TIDE CYCLE OF THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. TXZ242-243-245-247-012100- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161102T0500Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161102T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 349 AM CDT TUE NOV 1 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE SLIGHTLY OVER 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2.3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. IN ADDITION... LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP ASIDE FROM HIGH TIDE CYCLES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES MAY OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE CYCLES. MINOR BEACH FLOODING AND MINOR EROSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACHES WILL BE LIMITED TO IMPOSSIBLE. LOWEST AREAS OF NORTH BEACH IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND ALONG LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE. THE SURF IS 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. 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. && $$ LK
450 WHUS44 KCRP 012057 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 357 PM CDT TUE NOV 1 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUATION OF POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MAIN HIGH TIDE CYCLE OF THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. TXZ242-243-245-247-020500- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161102T0500Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161102T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 357 PM CDT TUE NOV 1 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE SLIGHTLY OVER 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2.3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. IN ADDITION... LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP ASIDE FROM HIGH TIDE CYCLES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES MAY OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE CYCLES. MINOR BEACH FLOODING AND MINOR EROSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACHES WILL BE LIMITED TO IMPOSSIBLE. LOWEST AREAS OF NORTH BEACH IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND ALONG LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE IN FLOUR BLUFF MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE. THE SURF IS 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. 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. && $$ PZ
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Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.