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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 27, 2016, 12:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2016, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 17:14 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, 5.2 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
- 3530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted.
865 WHUS44 KCRP 271710 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1210 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS COMBINED WITH MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-280300- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0009.160527T1710Z-160528T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1210 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
284 WHUS44 KCRP 280250 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 950 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS COMBINED WITH MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-280500- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160528T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 950 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GW/TB
309 WHUS44 KCRP 280459 AAB CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1159 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ENDING... .WINDS HAVE WEAKENED SO THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL ALLOW TO BE EXPIRED. TXZ242-243-245-247-280600- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160528T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1159 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE RIP CURRENT CONCERN HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT, BUT A MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. STAY TUNED. 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. && $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:22 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 20 hr | |
| May 27, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 91 min |
| May 27, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 50 min |
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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.