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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 9, 2017, 3:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 9, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2017, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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 20:51 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, 8.8 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
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
962 WHUS44 KCRP 092049 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 349 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017 ...TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN MAINLAND MEXICO BY LATE TONIGHT AS A HURRICANE. LONG PERIOD SWELLS BEING GENERATED BY FRANKLIN ARE TRAVERSING THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WATERS AND WILL BE IMPACTING THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTLINE BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING. THESE SWELLS WILL HELP TO GENERATE STRONGER AND MORE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES AND HELP TO INCREASE TIDE HEIGHTS ALLOWING WATER TO REACH THE DUNES. TXZ242-243-245-247-101000- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0014.170810T0600Z-170811T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0012.170810T0000Z-170811T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 349 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...PRIMARILY ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...EXPECTING TO EXPERIENCE HIGHER WAVE RUN-UP AND HIGHER TIDES, NEARLY A FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL HEIGHTS, BY LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES RESULTING IN LIMITED TO IMPOSSIBLE BEACH DRIVING CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ HEAVENER
5 follow-up statements
960 WHUS44 KCRP 100859 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 359 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY... .HURRICANE FRANKLIN HAS MADE LANDFALL NORTH OF VERACRUZ MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SWELLS GENERATED BY FRANKLIN ARE NOT QUITE AS STRONG IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING. TIDE LEVELS ARE ONLY RUNNING ABOUT HALF OF A FOOT ABOVE EXPECTED. THEREFORE, MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS NOT EXPECTED AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. LONG PERIOD SWELLS GENERATED BY FRANKLIN TRAVERSING THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WATERS WILL IMPACT THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL HELP TO GENERATE STRONGER AND MORE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES. TXZ242-243-245-247-101700- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-170811T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 359 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. THE SURF WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ TMT
318 WHUS44 KCRP 101241 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 741 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY... .HURRICANE FRANKLIN MADE LANDFALL NORTH OF VERACRUZ MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING. LONG PERIOD SWELLS GENERATED BY FRANKLIN TRAVERSING THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL HELP TO GENERATE STRONGER AND MORE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES AND ALLOW STRONGER WAVE RUN-UP WITH WATER REACHING THE DUNES. TXZ242-243-245-247-110000- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0015.170810T1241Z-170811T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 741 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...PRIMARILY ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES RESULTING IN LIMITED TO IMPOSSIBLE BEACH DRIVING CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED TODAY. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR TODAY MEANS THAT SWELL ENERGY FROM FRANKLIN WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE DUNES THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. IT IS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE ALONG AREA BEACH ROADS TODAY. && $$ HEAVENER
551 WHUS44 KCRP 102017 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 317 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR MIDDLE TEXAS COAST CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .A CONTINUED ONSLAUGHT OF LONG PERIOD SWELLS HELP TO GENERATE STRONGER AND MORE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES AND ALLOW STRONGER WAVE RUN-UP WITH WATER REACHING THE DUNES AT TIMES. TXZ242-243-245-247-111100- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170811T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T1500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 317 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES RESULTING IN LIMITED TO IMPOSSIBLE BEACH DRIVING CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT CONTINUED LONG PERIOD SWELL ENERGY WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE DUNES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IT IS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE ALONG AREA BEACH ROADS. && $$ HEAVENER
887 WHUS44 KCRP 110845 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 345 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS... ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY... .LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELLS HELP TO GENERATE STRONGER AND MORE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW STRONGER WAVE RUN-UP WITH WATER REACHING THE DUNES AT TIMES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE FOR BEACHES SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS. TXZ245-247-111700- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170811T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T2200Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 345 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT CONTINUED LONG PERIOD SWELL ENERGY WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE DUNES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IT IS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE ALONG AREA BEACH ROADS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ TXZ242-243-111700- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T2200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170811T1500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 345 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE. HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES RESULTING IN LIMITED BEACH DRIVING CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT CONTINUED LONG PERIOD SWELL ENERGY WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE DUNES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IT IS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE ALONG AREA BEACH ROADS. && $$ TMT
107 WHUS44 KCRP 111504 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1004 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TODAY... .LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ELEVATED SWELL HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO HELP GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES TODAY. TXZ242-243-112200- /O.EXP.KCRP.CF.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170811T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T2200Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 1004 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ TXZ245-247-112200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T2200Z/ ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1004 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:20 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CRP | 36 hr | |
| Aug 9, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.