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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 13, 2021, 9:37 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2021, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 2.6 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
838 WHUS44 KHGX 140237 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 937 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 TXZ436>439-141200- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0010.211014T0237Z-211015T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 937 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong rip currents and elevated water levels. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Elevated water levels could produce minor coastal flooding at times of high tide. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
3 follow-up statements
521 WHUS44 KHGX 140901 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 401 AM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021 TXZ436>439-150000- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-211015T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 401 AM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong rip currents and elevated water levels. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Elevated water levels could produce minor coastal flooding at times of high tide. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
017 WHUS44 KHGX 141514 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1014 AM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021 TXZ436>439-150000- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-211015T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1014 AM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong rip currents and elevated water levels. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Elevated water levels could produce minor coastal flooding at times of high tide. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
087 WHUS44 KHGX 142016 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 316 PM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021 TXZ436>439-150000- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-211015T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 316 PM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong rip currents and elevated water levels. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Elevated water levels could produce minor coastal flooding at times of high tide. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 9:38 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 14, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Burleson | 52 min |
| Oct 14, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 5:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 114 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Texas, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.