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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2017, 9:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2017, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 3250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
058
WHUS44 KHGX 161420
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
920 AM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.
TXZ214-236>238-170500-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0013.170816T1420Z-170817T0500Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
920 AM CDT WED AUG 16 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...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.
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.
&&
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 3 more | 5 hr |
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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.