Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Aug 7, 2017, 8:38 AM CDT (13:38 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS44 KHGX 071338
CFWHGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
838 AM CDT MON AUG 7 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.

TXZ214-236>238-072145-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0011.170807T1338Z-170808T0400Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
838 AM CDT MON AUG 7 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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.

&&

$$

Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017

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.