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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 2, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 2, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 08:58 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, 8.9 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
- 2286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
644 WHUS44 KCRP 020856 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 356 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUATION OF POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MAIN HIGH TIDE CYCLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-022000- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0019.161102T2100Z-161103T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0017.161102T1200Z-161103T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 356 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM CDT THURSDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2.1 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. HIGH TIDE WILL BE AT 739 PM AT PORT ARANSAS AND AT 100 AM THURSDAY AT PORT O'CONNOR. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP ASIDE FROM HIGH TIDE CYCLES. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * 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... 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. && $$ TMT
4 follow-up statements
520 WHUS44 KCRP 022015 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 315 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS EVENING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... .A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUATION OF POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MAIN HIGH TIDE CYCLE THIS EVENING. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT THROUGH TONIGHT. TXZ242-243-245-247-030700- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0019.161102T2100Z-161103T0700Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-161103T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 315 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2.1 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. HIGH TIDE WILL BE AT 739 PM AT PORT ARANSAS AND AT 100 AM THURSDAY AT PORT O'CONNOR. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP ASIDE FROM HIGH TIDE CYCLES. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * 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... 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. && $$
602 WHUS44 KCRP 030153 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 853 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS EVENING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... .A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE OVERNIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY. TXZ242-243-245-247-031000- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161103T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-161104T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 853 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. HIGH TIDE AT PORT O'CONNOR WILL OCCUR AT 100 AM CDT THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP AND CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER TIDE LEVELS. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * 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. THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES WILL RANGE FROM 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... 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. && $$ 87
299 WHUS44 KCRP 030850 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 350 AM CDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS EVENING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE OVERNIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY. TXZ242-243-032100- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161103T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0020.161103T2100Z-161104T0700Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-161104T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 350 AM CDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY EARLY THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL OCCUR AT 831 PM CDT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP AND CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER TIDE LEVELS. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * 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. THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES WILL RANGE FROM 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... 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-032100- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161103T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-161104T0000Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 350 AM CDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. 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. && $$ TMT
073 WHUS44 KCRP 032041 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 341 PM CDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS EVENING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN POOR BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE OVERNIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY. TXZ242-243-040445- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0020.161103T2100Z-161104T0700Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-161104T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 341 PM CDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLES. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL OCCUR AT 831 PM CDT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH WAVE RUN UP AND CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER TIDE LEVELS. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * 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. THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES WILL RANGE FROM 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... 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-040000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-161104T0000Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 341 PM CDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 3:56 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.