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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 10, 2017, 3:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 10, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2017, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 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 08:37 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, 8.7 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
- 855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
116 WHUS44 KCRP 100839 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 339 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...HIGH RISK RIP CURRENTS ALONG MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... .INCREASING SWELL AND SWELL PERIODS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. DECREASING SWELL PERIODS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD DECREASE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. TXZ242-243-245-247-101700- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0007.170510T0900Z-170511T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 339 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR 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. && $$ CB
2 follow-up statements
764 WHUS44 KCRP 101730 AAA CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1230 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...HIGH RISK RIP CURRENTS ALONG MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... .INCREASING SWELL AND SWELL PERIODS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. DECREASING SWELL PERIODS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD DECREASE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. TXZ242-243-245-247-110500- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170511T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1230 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ GW/CB
463 WHUS44 KCRP 110453 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1153 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 TXZ242-243-245-247-110600- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170511T0500Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 1153 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... STRONG SWELLS AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THUS LESSENING THE HIGH RISK. HOWEVER A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AREA BEACHES TONIGHT. 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. && $$ CB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 10:26 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 9 hr |
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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.