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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 3, 2020, 9:16 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2020, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
643 WHUS44 KHGX 031416 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 916 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 TXZ436>438-032230- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0010.200503T1416Z-200504T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 916 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf facing beaches on the Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through at least late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...In addition to taking caution in the water, be careful to also abide by regulations from local authorities and public health officials. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
630 WHUS44 KHGX 031931 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 231 PM CDT Sun May 3 2020 TXZ436>438-040600- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-200504T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 231 PM CDT Sun May 3 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf facing beaches on the Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through at least late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...In addition to taking caution in the water, be careful to also abide by regulations from local authorities and public health officials. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.