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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at May 17, 2017, 4:14 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2017, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154 WHUS44 KHGX 170914 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 414 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND ELEVATED TIDES... .STRONG ONSHORE WINDS HAVE CAUSED AN INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS AND SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND AWAY FROM STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. WAVE RUN UP MAY ALSO PUSH WATER TO THE HIGHWAY 87 AND 124 INTERSECTION ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING WHICH OCCURS AT 1018 AM. TXZ214-237-238-171800- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0004.170517T0914Z-170517T1800Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 414 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED TIDES, SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS, ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND SURF. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...UPPER TEXAS COASTLINE. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT AREA BEACHES. WATER MAY APPROACH THE HIGHWAY 87 AND 124 INTERSECTION AROUND HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
880 WHUS44 KHGX 171445 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 945 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND ELEVATED TIDES... .STRONG ONSHORE WINDS HAVE CAUSED AN INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS AND SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND AWAY FROM STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. WAVE RUN UP MAY ALSO PUSH WATER TO THE HIGHWAY 87 AND 124 INTERSECTION ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ214-237-238-172200- /O.EXT.KHGX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170517T2200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 945 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS, ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS AND SURF. * TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON GRADUALLY IMPROVING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * LOCATION...UPPER TEXAS COASTLINE. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT AREA BEACHES. WATER MAY APPROACH THE HIGHWAY 87 AND 124 INTERSECTION AROUND HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda | 5 hr |
| May 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | HGX | 7 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.