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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 10, 2016, 9:36 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2016, 9:36 AM CST (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 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 15:38 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, 3.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
772 WHUS44 KCRP 101536 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 936 AM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN TONIGHT ALONG WITH A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT STRONG NORTHEAST FLOW HAS ALLOWED FOR MINOR COASTAL OVERFLOW TO OCCUR ALONG LOW LYING BEACH AREAS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THESE POOR BEACH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-110300- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0023.161110T1536Z-161111T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0018.161110T1536Z-161111T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 936 AM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL RUN NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT BOB HALL PIER WILL OCCUR AROUND 1107 AM CST AND 1126 PM CST. * TIMING...BETWEEN 9 AM CST UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. 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. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-110300- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0018.161110T1536Z-161111T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 936 AM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ LK
2 follow-up statements
307 WHUS44 KCRP 102022 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 222 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN TONIGHT ALONG WITH A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR MINOR COASTAL OVERFLOW TO OCCUR ALONG LOW LYING BEACH AREAS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THESE POOR BEACH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-110600- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-161111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161111T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 222 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL RUN NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT BOB HALL PIER WILL OCCUR AROUND 1107 AM CST AND 1126 PM CST. * TIMING...BETWEEN 9 AM CST UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. 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. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-110600- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161111T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 222 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ LK
729 WHUS44 KCRP 110554 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1154 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AGAIN... .A PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR MINOR COASTAL OVERFLOW TO OCCUR ALONG LOW LYING BEACH AREAS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THESE POOR BEACH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT. TXZ242-243-111200- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161111T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-161111T1200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 1154 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL RUN NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT BOB HALL PIER WILL OCCUR AROUND 1107 AM CST AND 1126 PM CST. * TIMING...BETWEEN 9 AM CST UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ TXZ245-247-110700- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161111T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1154 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ENDED...SO THE STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. && $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:36 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 18 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.