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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 26, 2017, 10:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2017, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 15:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.1 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
886 WHUS44 KHGX 261508 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1008 AM CDT WED APR 26 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG GALVESTON BEACH AND LIKELY EXTEND ALONG ALL GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. TIDE LEVELS ARE ALSO 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES. TIDE LEVEL SHOULD DECREASE LATER TONIGHT WHEN OFFSHORE WINDS DEVELOP WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT. TXZ214-236>238-270300- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0003.170426T1508Z-170427T0300Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1008 AM CDT WED APR 26 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL GULF FACING BEACHES ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GALVESTON BEACH PATROL IS FLYING RED FLAGS FOR STRONG RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS. IT IS HAZARDOUS TO SWIM IN THESE AREAS. HIGHER TIDES AND WAVE ACTION COULD IMPACT BOLIVAR PENINSULA AND HIGHWAY 87 AT HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 15 hr | |
| Apr 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 37 min |
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.