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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2017, 1:38 PM 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
- Jul 23, 2017, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 7:00 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 18:40 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, 6.6 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
- 2006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
482
WHUS44 KHGX 231838
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
138 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY...
.GALVESTON BEACH PATROL IS REPORTING STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES TODAY. IF HEADED TO THE BEACH, ENTER THE WATER AT GUARDED
LOCATIONS AND USE CAUTION. AVOID ROCKS, JETTIES, AND PIERS WHEN
SWIMMING.
TXZ214-237-238-240245-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0008.170723T1838Z-170724T0500Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-
138 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT.
* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BEACHES ALONG 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.
&&
$$1 follow-up statement
563 WHUS44 KHGX 240258 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 958 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY... .GALVESTON BEACH PATROL REPORTED VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. IF HEADED TO THE BEACH, ENTER THE WATER AT GUARDED LOCATIONS AND USE CAUTION. AVOID ROCKS, JETTIES, AND PIERS WHEN SWIMMING. TXZ214-237-238-241200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170724T1200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 958 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BEACHES ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 45 min |
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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.