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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 18, 2020, 2:54 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 18, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2020, 2:54 AM CST (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
143 WHUS44 KCRP 180854 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 254 AM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 TXZ442-443-190000- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0062.201118T2200Z-201119T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0017.201118T1200Z-201119T1200Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 254 AM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * 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 4 PM this afternoon to midnight CST tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 AM CST this morning 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-190000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0017.201118T1200Z-201119T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 254 AM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TC
10 follow-up statements
012 WHUS44 KCRP 181318 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 718 AM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 TXZ442-443-190000- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0062.201118T2200Z-201119T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201119T1200Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 718 AM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * 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 4 PM this afternoon to midnight CST tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 AM CST this morning 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-190000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201119T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 718 AM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
839 WHUS44 KCRP 182032 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 232 PM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 TXZ442-443-190900- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0062.201118T2200Z-201119T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201119T1200Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 232 PM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * 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 4 PM this afternoon to midnight CST tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 AM CST this morning 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-190900- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201119T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 232 PM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
368 WHUS44 KCRP 190559 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1159 PM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 TXZ442-443-191200- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-201119T0800Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201119T1200Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 1159 PM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * 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, until 2 AM CST Thursday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 6 AM CST 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-191200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201119T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1159 PM CST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TC
856 WHUS44 KCRP 190914 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 314 AM CST Thu Nov 19 2020 TXZ442-443-200000- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0063.201119T2300Z-201120T0700Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201120T1000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 314 AM CST Thu Nov 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 5 PM this afternoon to 1 AM CST Friday. 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-200000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201120T1000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 314 AM CST Thu Nov 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TC
963 WHUS44 KCRP 192044 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 244 PM CST Thu Nov 19 2020 TXZ442-443-200900- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0063.201119T2300Z-201120T0800Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201120T1000Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 244 PM CST Thu Nov 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 2 AM CST Friday. 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. && $$ TXZ345-447-200900- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201120T1000Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 244 PM CST Thu Nov 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
013 WHUS44 KCRP 200905 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 305 AM CST Fri Nov 20 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-201715- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201121T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 305 AM CST Fri Nov 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas 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. && $$ 87
593 WHUS44 KCRP 201751 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1151 AM CST Fri Nov 20 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-210400- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201121T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1151 AM CST Fri Nov 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
703 WHUS44 KCRP 210252 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 852 PM CST Fri Nov 20 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-211200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201121T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 852 PM CST Fri Nov 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas 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. && $$
598 WHUS44 KCRP 210932 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 332 AM CST Sat Nov 21 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-211745- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201122T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 332 AM CST Sat Nov 21 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 87
438 WHUS44 KCRP 212052 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 252 PM CST Sat Nov 21 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-221200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-201122T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 252 PM CST Sat Nov 21 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2:54 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 23 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.