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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2020, 12:28 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2020, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 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 17:31 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, 5.5 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
- 2381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223 WHUS44 KHGX 301728 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1228 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020 TXZ436>438-010130- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0028.200630T1728Z-200702T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 1228 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
965 WHUS44 KHGX 302031 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 331 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020 TXZ436>438-010445- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200702T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 331 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
047 WHUS44 KHGX 010735 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 235 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020 TXZ436>438-011545- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200702T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 235 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches in Matagorda and Brazoria counties, Galveston Island, and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
376 WHUS44 KHGX 011522 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1022 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020 TXZ436>438-012330- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200702T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 1022 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches in Matagorda and Brazoria counties, Galveston Island, and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
404 WHUS44 KHGX 012000 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 300 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020 TXZ436>438-020400- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200702T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 300 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches in Matagorda and Brazoria counties, Galveston Island, and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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 30, 9:42 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 4 hr |
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.