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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 17, 2016, 3:54 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2016, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 20 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 09:54 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, 9.9 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
- 695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
634 WHUS44 KCRP 170954 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 354 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH SWELLS AND SWELL PERIODS TO RESULT IN HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN SWELL PERIODS AND SWELLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ALL OF THE GULF FACING BEACHES ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TXZ242-243-245-247-171900- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0020.161217T0954Z-161218T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 354 AM CST SAT DEC 17 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...TODAY THROUGH 9 PM. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ CB
4 follow-up statements
479 WHUS44 KCRP 171734 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1134 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH SWELLS AND SWELL PERIODS TO RESULT IN HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN SWELL PERIODS AND SWELLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE GULF FACING BEACHES ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TXZ242-243-245-247-180300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1134 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 9 PM. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ LK
061 WHUS44 KCRP 172206 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 406 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH SWELLS AND SWELL PERIODS TO RESULT IN HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN SWELL PERIODS AND SWELLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE GULF FACING BEACHES ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TXZ242-243-245-247-180300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 406 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 9 PM. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ LK
737 WHUS44 KCRP 180150 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 750 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH SWELLS AND SWELL PERIODS TO RESULT IN HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN SWELL PERIODS AND SWELLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE GULF FACING BEACHES ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TXZ242-243-245-247-180600- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 750 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
583 WHUS44 KCRP 180554 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1154 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 TXZ242-243-245-247-180700- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1154 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS OFFSHORE WINDS BEGIN TO DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 9:39 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:41 AM CST | Gale Warning | CRP | 35 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:54 PM CST | Freeze Watch | CRP | Bee, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Victoria | 22 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:05 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen and 2 more | 22 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.