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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2018, 3:14 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2018, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 1126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
409
WHUS44 KHGX 152014
CFWHGX
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
314 PM CDT Sat Sep 15 2018
...High Risk of Rip Currents Today...
.Galveston Island Beach Patrol is reporting strong rip currents
along area beaches today. Beachgoers should make sure to swim
near a lifeguard if entering the water.
TXZ436>438-160300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0037.180915T2014Z-180916T0300Z/
Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula-
Matagorda Islands-
314 PM CDT Sat Sep 15 2018
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has issued a
High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect until 10 PM CDT this
evening.
* TIMING...Today.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions will occur along Gulf-
facing beaches, especially near piers, jetties, and rock groins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 10:26 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Sep 15, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 8 hr |
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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.