Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 17, 2017, 10:51 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2017, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2017, 3:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
969
WHUS44 KHGX 171551
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1051 AM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017
...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG LOCAL AREA BEACHES...
.A PERSISTENTLY MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN OVER THESE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS HAS STRENGTHENED LOCAL NEARSHORE RIP CURRENTS.
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY INTO EVENING BUT
THE PRESENCE OF STRONG RIPS MAY STILL EXIST THROUGH THE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING HOURS.
TXZ214-237-238-181200-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0003.170317T1551Z-170318T1200Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-
1051 AM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS ALONG LOCAL AREA BEACHES.
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.
&&
$$1 follow-up statement
099 WHUS44 KHGX 180847 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 347 AM CDT SAT MAR 18 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... TXZ214-237-238-181000- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170318T1200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 347 AM CDT SAT MAR 18 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .WEAKENING ONSHORE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL HELP DIMINISH THE PRESENCE OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS... BUT BEACHGOERS SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION AS RIP CURRENTS MAY STILL EXIST IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. SHOULD STRONG RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS DEVELOP LATER TODAY... ANOTHER RIP CURRENT STATEMENT MAY BE ISSUED FOR BEACHES ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. $$
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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.