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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2020, 10:05 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2020, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2020, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
750 WHUS44 KHGX 251505 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1005 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 TXZ437-438-252315- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0033.200725T1505Z-200727T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200726T1500Z/ Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 1005 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Warning, significant coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Warning, until 10 AM CDT Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. 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. && $$ TXZ313-338-252315- /O.CON.KHGX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200726T1500Z/ Coastal Harris-Coastal Galveston- 1005 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Significant coastal flooding tide levels of 2 to 3 feet above normal tide levels. These elevated tide levels will also hamper the drainage of bayous and rivers. * WHERE...Coastal Harris and Coastal Galveston Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. && $$
1 follow-up statement
407 WHUS44 KHGX 252030 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 330 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 TXZ437-438-261500- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-200727T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200726T1500Z/ Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 330 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Significant coastal flooding around times of high tide. Also, high surf along with a high risk of rip currents and longshore currents along beach front locations. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. 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. && $$ TXZ313-338-261500- /O.CON.KHGX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200726T1500Z/ Coastal Harris-Coastal Galveston- 330 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Significant coastal flooding around times of high tide. * WHERE...Coastal Harris and Coastal Galveston Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend | 16 min |
| Jul 25, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 6:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Wharton | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 10:00 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 39 hr | |
| Jul 25, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston | 50 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.