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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2020, 3:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2020, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 08:41 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, 8.6 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
202 WHUS44 KCRP 280838 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 338 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-290000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0015.201028T0838Z-201029T0600Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 338 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun 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. && $$ 87
3 follow-up statements
247 WHUS44 KCRP 281445 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 945 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-290245- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0051.201028T1700Z-201029T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-201029T0600Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 945 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 AM CDT Thursday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Poor driving conditions are expected as water reaches the dunes, mainly near times of high tide. Some beach access roads will be impassable. High water levels will also approach low areas along the intracoastal waterways and bays. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ LS
437 WHUS44 KCRP 282051 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 351 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-290500- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-201029T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-201029T0600Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 351 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 AM CDT Thursday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Poor driving conditions are expected as water reaches the dunes, mainly near times of high tide. Some beach access roads will be impassable. High water levels will also approach low areas along the intracoastal waterways and bays. 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... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. 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. && $$
253 WHUS44 KCRP 290312 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1012 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-291115- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-201029T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-201029T0600Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1012 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 AM CDT Thursday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 1 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Poor driving conditions are expected as water reaches the dunes, mainly near times of high tide. Some beach access roads will be impassable. High water levels will also approach low areas along the intracoastal waterways and bays. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 9:45 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 19 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.