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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 9, 2020, 3:04 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 9, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2020, 3:04 AM CST (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
129 WHUS44 KCRP 090904 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 304 AM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-092115- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.200209T1200Z-200211T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 304 AM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced 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. && $$ TMT
5 follow-up statements
183 WHUS44 KCRP 092033 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 233 PM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-100500- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200211T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 233 PM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ CB
406 WHUS44 KCRP 100344 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 944 PM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-101200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200211T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 944 PM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. 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. && $$
804 WHUS44 KCRP 100933 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 333 AM CST Mon Feb 10 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-110000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200211T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 333 AM CST Mon Feb 10 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TMT
425 WHUS44 KCRP 102109 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 309 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-110515- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200211T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 309 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. 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. && $$ TMT/CB
043 WHUS44 KCRP 110331 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 931 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-111200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200211T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 931 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 5:03 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 67 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.