Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 16, 2018, 3:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2018, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2018, 10:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 20:17 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, 8.3 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
- 473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
505
WHUS44 KHGX 162016
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
316 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2018
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
.ONSHORE FLOW AND ELEVATED SEAS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. RESIDENTS AND SPRING BREAK VISITORS SHOULD MAKE SURE TO
SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD IF ENTERING THE WATER.
TXZ214-236>238-180500-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0001.180316T2016Z-180318T0500Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
316 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2018
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON GULF-FACING 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.
&&
$$1 follow-up statement
597 WHUS44 KHGX 171517 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1017 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2018 ...RIP CURRENTS HAVE WEAKENED TODAY... .RECENT REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL GULF BEACHES INDICATE THAT THE RIP CURRENT HAS WEAKENED SINCE YESTERDAY. THUS...THE RIP CURRENT STATEMENT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ214-236>238-171630- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-180318T0500Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 1017 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. && $$
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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.