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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2020, 10:11 PM 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
- Jun 6, 2020, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2020, 7:00 PM 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 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
872 WHUS44 KHGX 070311 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1011 PM CDT Sat Jun 6 2020 TXZ436>438-071115- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0020.200607T0311Z-200608T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 1011 PM CDT Sat Jun 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and hazardous beach conditions. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
631 WHUS44 KHGX 070822 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 322 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020 TXZ436>438-071630- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-200608T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 322 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and hazardous beach conditions. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
118 WHUS44 KHGX 072156 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 456 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020 TXZ436>438-080000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-200608T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 456 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and hazardous beach conditions. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening, but may be extended if the conditions warrant it. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 61 min |
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.