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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 8, 20214 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 8, 2021, 2:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2021, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1994 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

634 
WHUS44 KCRP 081927
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
227 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

TXZ345-442-443-447-090400-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0011.210808T1927Z-210809T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
227 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...This afternoon through Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents 
  can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf.


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.

&&

$$

BF
2 follow-up statements
835 
WHUS44 KCRP 090344
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1044 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

TXZ345-442-443-447-091200-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-210809T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
1044 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...This afternoon through Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents 
  can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf.

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.

&&

$$

TC
595 
WHUS44 KCRP 091156
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
656 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

TXZ345-442-443-447-091300-
/O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-210809T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
656 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

The high rip current risk will be allowed to expire, however,
lingering long period swells will maintain a moderate rip current
risk today.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 3:19 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryCRPAransas, Bee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak and 4 more16 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.