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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 26, 2021, 9:52 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2021, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 14:51 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, 2.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
725 WHUS44 KCRP 261452 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 952 AM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 TXZ345-442-443-447-262300- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0003.210326T1452Z-210327T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 952 AM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * 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. && $$ 87
2 follow-up statements
638 WHUS44 KCRP 261756 AAA CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1256 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 TXZ345-442-443-447-270200- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.210326T1756Z-210327T0700Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210327T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1256 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 2 AM CDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Poor driving conditions are expected as water reaches the dunes, mainly near times of high tide. Some beach access roads will be impassable. High water levels will also approach low areas along the intracoastal waterways and bays. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 87
440 WHUS44 KCRP 262359 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 659 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 TXZ345-442-443-447-270100- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210327T0700Z/ /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210327T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 659 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Tide levels, although running about a foot above expected, are not expected to reach advisory criteria tonight. With swells of 1 to 2 feet with periods of 10 seconds, there will be a moderate risk of rip currents tonight for the beaches of the Middle Texas coast. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 12:56 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 6 hr |
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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.