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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 24, 2017, 2:17 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2017, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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 07:19 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, 7.3 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
- 1367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
692 WHUS44 KHGX 240717 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 217 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THIS MORNING... .MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CAUSED BY ELEVATED TIDES AND WAVE RUN UP WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALSO SUPPORT STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN AND NEAR THE WATER TODAY. TXZ214-237-238-241530- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0007.170624T0717Z-170624T1700Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 217 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. * HAZARDS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...AT LEAST THROUGH THIS MORNING * LOCATION...LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WATER OVERWASH OF HIGHWAY 87 ON BOLIVAR AND HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
480 WHUS44 KHGX 241504 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1004 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS A RESULT OF ELEVATED TIDES AND SOUTHEAST FLOW IN PLACE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN AND NEAR THE WATER TODAY. TXZ214-237-238-250500- /O.EXT.KHGX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170625T0500Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 1004 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * LOCATION...GULF-FACING BEACHES * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 113 min |
| Jun 24, 7:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Waller | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 8:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Grimes, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto | 112 min |
| Jun 24, 8:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Liberty | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Waller, Wharton | 117 min |
| Jun 24, 10:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Colorado, Jackson, Wharton | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 11:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 52 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.