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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2017, 8:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 26, 2017, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2017, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2017, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2017, 3:12 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
644
WHUS44 KHGX 251357
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
857 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.GALVESTON ISLAND BEACH PATROL HAS REPORTED A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AND HAS RED FLAGS POSTED. BEACH GOERS ARE ADVISED TO
FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF LOCAL BEACH PATROLS. IF YOU DO SWIM, SWIM
NEAR A LIFE GUARD AND AWAY FROM ANY JETTIES OR PIERS.
TXZ213-214-237-238-260400-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0010.170726T1300Z-170727T0400Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-HARRIS-
857 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH 11PM TONIGHT
* IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE
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.
&&
$$2 follow-up statements
495 WHUS44 KHGX 252029 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 329 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .GALVESTON ISLAND BEACH PATROL HAS REPORTED A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HAS RED FLAGS POSTED. BEACH GOERS ARE ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF LOCAL BEACH PATROLS. IF YOU DO SWIM, SWIM NEAR A LIFE GUARD AND AWAY FROM ANY JETTIES OR PIERS. TXZ213-252130- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0010.170726T1300Z-170727T0400Z/ HARRIS- 329 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. && $$ TXZ214-237-238-260430- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.170726T1300Z-170727T0400Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 329 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH 11PM TONIGHT * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE 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. && $$
102 WHUS44 KHGX 260812 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 312 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2017 TXZ214-237-238-260915- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0010.170726T1300Z-170727T0400Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 312 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$
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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.