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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 10, 20174 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 855 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 10:26 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP9 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.