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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2018, 3:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2018, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2018, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 08:27 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, 8.4 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
- 1669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
042 WHUS44 KCRP 250825 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 325 AM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .The combination of persistent moderate to strong onshore flow and long period swells will lead to a high risk of dangerous rip currents along the gulf facing beaches of the Middle Texas Coast today and into this evening. TXZ345-442-443-447-251700- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0006.180625T0825Z-180626T0500Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 325 AM CDT Mon Jun 25 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...Today through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents are expected along gulf-facing beaches. These rip currents can be life-threatening to anyone entering the surf, especially near piers and jetties. 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. && $$ CB
2 follow-up statements
598 WHUS44 KCRP 251631 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1131 AM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .The combination of persistent moderate onshore flow and long period swells will lead to a high risk of dangerous rip currents along the gulf facing beaches of the Middle Texas Coast today and into this evening. TXZ345-442-443-447-260500- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180626T0500Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1131 AM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Today through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents are expected along gulf-facing beaches. These rip currents can be life-threatening to anyone entering the surf, especially near piers and jetties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ LB
333 WHUS44 KCRP 260501 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1201 AM CDT Tue Jun 26 2018 TXZ345-442-443-447-260615- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180626T0500Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1201 AM CDT Tue Jun 26 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... Long period swells which aided in the high rip current risk earlier in the day have decreased. Therefore, the High Rip Current Risk has been allowed to expire. However, a Moderate Rip Current Risk will continue through tonight and Tuesday for areas along the gulf-facing beaches. 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. && $$ CB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.