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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 3, 2017, 10:27 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2017, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 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
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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, 3.5 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
- 1382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
651
WHUS44 KHGX 031527
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1027 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2017
...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON GULF-FACING BEACHES TODAY...
.MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONG RIP CURRENTS
AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN AND
NEAR THE WATER.
TXZ214-237-238-032330-
/O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0009.170703T1527Z-170704T0300Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-
1027 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS, WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.
* LOCATION...GULF-FACING BEACHES.
* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE.
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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
&&
$$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.