Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Mar 10, 2016, 4:41 AM CST (10:41 UTC)

Expired

Mar 11, 2016, 6:00 AM CST

In force

25 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 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS44 KCRP 101041
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
441 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AGAIN TODAY ALONG GULF FACING
BEACHES...

.LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ELEVATED SWELL HEIGHTS TODAY WILL RESULT 
IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

TXZ242-243-245-247-102200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.160310T1041Z-160311T0300Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
441 AM CST THU MAR 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...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED 
  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.

&&

$$

386 
WHUS44 KCRP 102138
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
338 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES...

.POWERFUL LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF
THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST.

TXZ242-243-245-247-111200-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160311T1200Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
338 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR
  ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES.

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

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