Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

May 10, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

15 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 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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649 
WHUS44 KCRP 101430
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
930 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY...

.LARGE SWELLS WITH LONG PERIODS ALONG WITH MODERATE SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL PROVIDE A HIGHER RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

TXZ242-243-245-247-102200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0007.160510T1430Z-160511T0500Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
930 AM CDT TUE MAY 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...FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LEAD TO 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.

&&

$$

TMT

152 
WHUS44 KCRP 102052
CFWCRP

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.LARGE SWELLS WITH LONG PERIODS ALONG WITH MODERATE SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL PROVIDE A HIGHER RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES THIS EVENING.

TXZ242-243-245-247-110500-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160511T0500Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LEAD TO 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.

&&

$$

TMT

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