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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 16, 2019, 10:41 AM 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
- Mar 16, 2019, 10:41 AM CDT (15:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2019, 6:00 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 15:41 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, 3.7 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
- 2051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
944
WHUS44 KHGX 161541
CFWHGX
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1041 AM CDT Sat Mar 16 2019
...Strong Rip Currents Continue On The Upper Texas Coast...
.Strong rip currents should continue through the afternoon.
Swim near a lifeguard and stay away from rocks, piers and
jetties where they are particularly strong.
TXZ436>438-162300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0006.190316T1541Z-190316T2300Z/
Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula-
Matagorda Islands-
1041 AM CDT Sat Mar 16 2019
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has issued a
High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect until 6 PM CDT this
evening.
* TIMING...Through the afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can become life threatening to anyone
entering the surf and can even sweep the strongest swimmer out
to sea.
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.
&&
$$Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.