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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 1, 20174 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 1, 2017, 8:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2017, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
13 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 13:44 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1614 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
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

975 
WHUS44 KHGX 011341
CFWHGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
841 AM CDT SAT APR 1 2017

...ELEVATED TIDES AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.A STRONG AND PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAS PRODUCED ELEVATED TIDES 
AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. TIDE LEVELS WILL RUN 1.0 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL 
AND SOME MINOR WAVE RUN UP ALONG THE BEACHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GALVESTON
BEACH PATROL HAS INDICATED THAT SURF CONDITIONS ARE VERY ROUGH AND RIP CURRENTS
REMAIN VERY STRONG. 

TXZ214-236>238-020300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0002.170401T1341Z-170402T0300Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
841 AM CDT SAT APR 1 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED TIDES AND STRONG RIP 
CURRENTS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDES, 1.0 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
            
            STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO FACING BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...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...
BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 10:20 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX40 hr
Apr 1, 1:44 PM CDTFlood WatchHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity and 1 more73 min
Apr 1, 2:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Polk and 3 more24 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Texas, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017

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.