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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 10, 20204 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 10, 2020, 5:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2020, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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 00:00Z on 2020-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2020-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

263 
WHUS44 KCRP 101002
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
502 AM CDT Tue Mar 10 2020

TXZ345-442-443-447-101815-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.200310T1002Z-200311T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
502 AM CDT Tue Mar 10 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$

87
1 follow-up statement
101 
WHUS44 KCRP 101830
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
130 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2020

TXZ345-442-443-447-110000-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200311T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
130 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$

TC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 7:59 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryCRP5 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.