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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 09:14 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, 9.2 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
- 1849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted.
612 WHUS44 KHGX 290911 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 411 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2020 TXZ436>438-292115- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0027.200629T0911Z-200630T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 411 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
205 WHUS44 KHGX 292109 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 409 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2020 TXZ436>438-300515- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-200630T1500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 409 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 28 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:10 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.