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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2020, 9:58 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2020, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2020, 11:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 14:58 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, 3.0 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
- 2536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
607 WHUS44 KHGX 311458 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 958 AM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020 TXZ436>438-312300- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0037.200731T1500Z-200801T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 958 AM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
780 WHUS44 KHGX 312054 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 354 PM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020 TXZ436>438-010500- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-200801T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 354 PM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
618 WHUS44 KHGX 010440 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1140 PM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020 TXZ436>438-010545- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-200801T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 1140 PM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Winds will gradually diminish after midnight, decreasing the threat of rip currents; therefore, the rip current statement has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Houston, Madison, Trinity | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity, Walker | 21 min |
| Jul 31, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Hardin | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 39 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.