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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2020, 3:16 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2020, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 08:16 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, 8.3 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
- 2505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
658 WHUS44 KHGX 240816 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 316 AM CDT Sun May 24 2020 TXZ436>438-241630- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0017.200524T0816Z-200525T0500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 316 AM CDT Sun May 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, particularly on Gulf-facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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 Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker | 64 min |
| May 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 2 hr |
| May 24, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 66 min |
| May 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 62 min |
| May 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 59 min |
| May 24, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Washington | 54 min |
| May 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 65 min |
| May 24, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes | 51 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 48 min |
| May 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Grimes, Waller, Washington | 110 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin | 50 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller, Washington | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Washington | 53 min |
| May 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| May 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 117 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Waller | 111 min |
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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.