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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 15, 2019, 2:59 PM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 16, 2019, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2019, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2019, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2019, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 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 20:56 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, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
889 WHUS44 KHGX 152059 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 259 PM CST Sun Dec 15 2019 TXZ436>438-160500- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0031.191216T2100Z-191217T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 259 PM CST Sun Dec 15 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH 7 PM... * WHAT...Strong rip currents expected along Gulf-facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...through 7 PM tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 11:04 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 15, 4:28 AM CST | Gale Watch | HGX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 15, 4:28 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 3 days |
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.