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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 23, 20204 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 23, 2020, 3:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 24, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2020, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 24, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 24, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 20:52 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2020-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2344 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2020-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

521 
WHUS44 KCRP 232052
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
352 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2020

TXZ345-442-443-447-241000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0010.200824T1200Z-200825T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
352 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun  
  Counties.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday evening.

* 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
2 follow-up statements
473 
WHUS44 KCRP 240828
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
328 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020

TXZ345-442-443-447-242100-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0010.200824T1200Z-200825T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
328 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
652 
WHUS44 KCRP 242108
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
408 PM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020

TXZ345-442-443-447-250000-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-200825T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
408 PM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through early this evening.

* 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg27 min
Aug 23, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg28 min
Aug 23, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb29 min
Aug 23, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg24 min

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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.