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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 29, 20174 counties in Texas

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:25 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces8 hr
Apr 29, 11:38 AM CDTWind AdvisoryCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more4 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.