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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 9, 20214 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2021, 4:29 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2021, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
10 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 09:29 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

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 984 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-2.6

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The text

As transmitted.

418 
WHUS44 KCRP 090929
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
429 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

TXZ345-442-443-447-100300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0007.210509T1700Z-210510T0300Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
429 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From noon CDT today through 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.

&&

$$

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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.