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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 20, 2017, 3:49 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2017, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
464 WHUS44 KHGX 200849 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 349 AM CDT FRI OCT 20 2017 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES EXPECTED ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TODAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL HELP GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL AREAS TODAY. TXZ214-236>238-201700- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0013.171020T0849Z-171021T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 349 AM CDT FRI OCT 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT TODAY * LOCATION...GULF-FACING BEACHES BETWEEN THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL AND HIGH ISLAND * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE GOING INTO THE WATER. ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 87 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AND THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY NEAR SURFSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$
1 follow-up statement
245 WHUS44 KHGX 201548 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1048 AM CDT FRI OCT 20 2017 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES EXPECTED ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TODAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL HELP GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL AREAS TODAY. TXZ214-236>238-210000- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-171021T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1048 AM CDT FRI OCT 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT TODAY * LOCATION...GULF-FACING BEACHES BETWEEN THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL AND HIGH ISLAND * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE GOING INTO THE WATER. ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 87 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AND THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY NEAR SURFSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Oct 20, 4:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 2 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 113 min |
| Oct 20, 5:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 2 hr |
| Oct 20, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 26 min | |
| Oct 20, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 40 min |
| Oct 20, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 39 min |
| Oct 20, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 1:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 53 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.