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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 23, 2020, 4:47 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 23, 2020, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2020, 4:47 AM CST (10:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2020, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 10:47 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, 10.8 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
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
850 WHUS44 KCRP 231047 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 447 AM CST Mon Nov 23 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-231900- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0018.201123T1500Z-201124T0200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 447 AM CST Mon Nov 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM CST this morning through 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. && $$ JCP
1 follow-up statement
124 WHUS44 KCRP 232032 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 232 PM CST Mon Nov 23 2020 TXZ345-442-443-447-240200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-201124T0200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 232 PM CST Mon Nov 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands Of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through early this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ JCP/TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2:34 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 31 hr |
Nearby
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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.