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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 29, 2017, 3:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2017, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 20:14 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, 8.2 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
- 3159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
580 WHUS44 KCRP 292014 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 314 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW...ROUGH SEAS...AND LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. TXZ242-243-245-247-300500- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0004.170429T2014Z-170430T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 314 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. 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. && $$ HART
1 follow-up statement
800 WHUS44 KCRP 300507 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1207 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017 TXZ242-243-245-247-300615- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170430T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1207 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STRONG OFFSHORE AND IS EXPECTED TO LOWER THE RIP CURRENT RISK. THEREFORE THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:25 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:38 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more | 4 hr |
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.