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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 24, 2018, 6:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2018, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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 23:36 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, 11.6 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
627
WHUS44 KHGX 242338
CFWHGX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
638 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2018
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
.A STRONG AND PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. BEACHGOERS
SHOULD MAKE SURE TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD IF ENTERING THE WATER.
TXZ214-236>238-252300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0002.180324T2338Z-180325T2300Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
638 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2018
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY 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.
&&
$$1 follow-up statement
891 WHUS44 KHGX 252115 CFWHGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 415 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AND PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BEACHGOERS SHOULD MAKE SURE TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD IF ENTERING THE WATER. TXZ214-236>238-262200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180326T2200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- 415 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON GULF-FACING BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 3 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.