Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 27, 2018, 5:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2018, 5:51 AM CDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- -705 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
245 WHUS44 KCRP 271051 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 551 AM CDT Tue Mar 27 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .Moderate southeast winds along with increasing swells will result in a high risk of rip currents today. The high risk of rip currents will persist into the evening hours. TXZ242-243-245-247-272100- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.180327T1051Z-180328T0300Z/ Kleberg-Nueces-Aransas-Calhoun- 551 AM CDT Tue Mar 27 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi 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 expected along gulf-facing beaches. This rip currents can be hazardous to even experienced swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
483 WHUS44 KCRP 272108 CFWCRP COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 408 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH INCREASING SWELLS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING. TXZ242-243-245-247-280300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180328T0300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 408 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES. THIS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
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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.