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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 8, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at May 8, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

616 
WHUS44 KHGX 090012
CFWHGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
712 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.STRENGTHENING SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL LEAD TO AN 
INCREASING RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES.

TXZ214-236>238-091800-
/O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0002.160509T0600Z-160509T1800Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
712 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH 
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A 
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS 
INCLUDING AREA BEACHES WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT MONDAY 
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH SOME 
  GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 TO 40 KNOTS. 

* TIMING...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON

* LOCATION...BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING AREA BEACHES

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...INCREASING RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA 
  BEACHES WHICH WOULD MAKE SWIMMING HAZARDOUS...AND INCREASING TIDE 
  LEVELS THAT COULD LEAD TO WATER AND DEBRIS ON LOW ROADS THAT 
  COULD IMPACT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE HIGHWAY 87/124 
  INTERSECTION OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA A FEW HOURS BEFORE AND 
  A FEW HOURS AFTER HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS AROUND 8 AM MONDAY 
  MORNING.

$$

2 follow-up statements

692 
WHUS44 KHGX 090900
CFWHGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
400 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRENGTHENING SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASING RISK
FOR RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES.

TXZ214-236>238-091800-
/O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160509T1800Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
400 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING 
  WITH STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY.

* LOCATION...BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING AREA BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...INCREASING RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA 
  BEACHES WHICH WOULD MAKE SWIMMING HAZARDOUS...AND INCREASING 
  TIDE LEVELS THAT COULD LEAD TO WATER AND DEBRIS ON LOW ROADS 
  THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE HIGHWAY 87/124 
  INTERSECTION OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA A FEW HOURS BEFORE AND A 
  FEW HOURS AFTER HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS AROUND 8 AM THIS 
  MORNING. 

$$

921 
WHUS44 KHGX 091422
CFWHGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
922 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...

.STRENGTHENING SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASING RISK
FOR RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES.

TXZ214-236>238-091900-
/O.EXT.KHGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160509T1900Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
922 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS THIS 
  MORNING WITH GUSTS TO OR ABOVE GALE FORCE POSSIBLE. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...BAYS AND AND GULF FACING BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA 
  BEACHES WHICH WOULD MAKE SWIMMING HAZARDOUS. INCREASING 
  TIDE LEVELS COULD LEAD TO WAVE RUN UP AND DEBRIS ON THE 
  LOWEST LYING COASTAL ROADS INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY 87/124 
  INTERSECTION OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 9:14 AM CDT	Gale Warning	HGX		5 hr
May 9, 9:14 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		13 hr
May 9, 2:54 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda	7 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Texas, 2016 Every beach hazards 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.