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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 11, 2016, 4:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2016, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 09:36 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, 9.6 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
- 1875 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
952 WHUS44 KCRP 110934 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 434 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY 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 TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-111745- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0008.160511T0934Z-160512T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 434 AM CDT WED MAY 11 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...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. && $$ TE
1 follow-up statement
348 WHUS44 KCRP 111837 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 137 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LARGE SWELLS WITH LONG PERIODS ALONG WITH MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PROVIDE A HIGHER RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-120400- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160512T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 137 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 46 min |
| May 11, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 23 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.