Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 3, 2017, 3:47 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2017, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2017, 9:56 PM CST
- In force
- 18 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 09:46 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, 9.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
879 WHUS44 KCRP 030947 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 347 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW REMAINS POSSIBLE... .PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MAINTAIN THE RISK FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE PREDOMINATELY ACROSS PADRE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF MUSTANG ISLAND TODAY. THIS CONDITION MAY CONTINUE SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELL. THIS HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY EXTEND TO SATURDAY. TXZ242-243-031800- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.170303T0947Z-170304T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 347 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW MAY OCCUR WITH ISOLATED AREAS EXPERIENCING WATER TO THE DUNES. * TIMING...PRIMARILY DURING HIGH TIDE PERIODS. * IMPACTS...WATER MAY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES WITH MINOR BEACH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES MAY BECOME LIMITED OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-031800- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.170303T0947Z-170304T0000Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 347 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING CONDITION ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ 87
3 follow-up statements
929 WHUS44 KCRP 031744 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1144 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW REMAINS POSSIBLE... .PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MAINTAIN THE RISK FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE PREDOMINATELY ACROSS PADRE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF MUSTANG ISLAND TODAY. THIS CONDITION MAY CONTINUE SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELL. THIS HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY EXTEND TO SATURDAY. TXZ242-243-040000- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 1144 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW MAY OCCUR WITH ISOLATED AREAS EXPERIENCING WATER TO THE DUNES. * TIMING...PRIMARILY DURING HIGH TIDE PERIODS. * IMPACTS...WATER MAY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES WITH MINOR BEACH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES MAY BECOME LIMITED OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-040000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0000Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1144 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING CONDITION ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
601 WHUS44 KCRP 032155 AAB CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 355 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW REMAINS POSSIBLE... .PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL MAINTAIN THE RISK FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW NEAR...DURING AND SHORTLY AFTER PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE PREDOMINATELY ACROSS PADRE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF MUSTANG ISLAND. THIS CONDITION MAY WELL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS. THIS HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY ALSO EXTEND INTO SATURDAY. TXZ242-243-040600- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 355 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW MAY OCCUR WITH ISOLATED AREAS EXPERIENCING WATER TO THE DUNES. * TIMING...PRIMARILY DURING AND SHORTLY AFTER HIGH TIDE PERIODS. * IMPACTS...WATER MAY REACH THE DUNES OF COASTAL NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES WITH MINOR BEACH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES MAY BECOME LIMITED OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ TXZ245-247-040600- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 355 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING CONDITION ALONG GULF- FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DONT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED...FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ TB/GW
537 WHUS44 KCRP 040356 AAB CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 956 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD CONCERNS HAVE ENDED FOR TONIGHT BUT MAY LIKELY RETURN ON SATURDAY... .LOW TIDE IS APPROACHING OVER THE COAST AND THE CONCERN FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW HAS DIMINISHED. THUS THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER ANOTHER COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SATURDAY...AS PERSISTENT MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS AND SWELLS CONTINUE TO PILE WATER UP FARTHER INLAND. TXZ242-243-040500- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0600Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 956 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ANOTHER ADVISORY AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY. $$ TXZ245-247-040500- /O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170304T0600Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 956 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. HOWEVER...THE RIP CURRENT CONCERNS MAY BECOME HIGH AGAIN ON SATURDAY. $$ GW
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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.