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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 6, 2020, 3:29 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 7, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020, 3:29 AM CST (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 09:29 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, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
244 WHUS44 KCRP 060929 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 329 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 TXZ442-443-062200- /O.EXP.KCRP.CF.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-201106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0053.201107T0000Z-201107T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 329 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to 3 AM CST Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-062200- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 329 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TH/TE
4 follow-up statements
539 WHUS44 KCRP 062050 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 250 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 TXZ442-443-070900- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0053.201107T0000Z-201107T0900Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 250 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Kleberg and Nueces Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to 3 AM CST Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Poor driving conditions are expected as water reaches the dunes, mainly near times of high tide. Some beach access roads will be impassable. 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-070900- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 250 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TMT
690 WHUS44 KCRP 070522 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1122 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 TXZ442-443-071300- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-201107T0900Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 1122 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Kleberg and Nueces Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to 3 AM CST Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Poor driving conditions are expected as water reaches the dunes, mainly near times of high tide. Some beach access roads will be impassable. 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-071300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1122 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
944 WHUS44 KCRP 071144 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 544 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 TXZ442-443-072300- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0054.201108T0000Z-201108T1000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 544 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to 4 AM CST Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this afternoon. * 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-072300- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.201107T1200Z-201108T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 544 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
907 WHUS44 KCRP 071959 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 159 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 TXZ442-443-080400- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0054.201108T0000Z-201108T1000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-201108T0000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 159 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to 4 AM CST Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this afternoon. * 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-080000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-201108T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 159 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 3:29 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 24 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.