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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 7, 2021, 10:21 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2021, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 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
- 3878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
232 WHUS44 KHGX 071521 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1021 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021 TXZ436>439-081030- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0005.210607T1521Z-210609T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1021 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. Elevated tides and surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties and piers. Non experienced swimmers should remain out of the water. && $$
5 follow-up statements
138 WHUS44 KHGX 072047 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 347 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021 TXZ436>439-082100- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210609T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 347 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. Elevated tides and surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties and piers. Non experienced swimmers should remain out of the water. && $$
032 WHUS44 KHGX 080242 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 942 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021 TXZ436>439-090100- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210609T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 942 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. Elevated tides and surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties and piers. Non experienced swimmers should remain out of the water. && $$
287 WHUS44 KHGX 080905 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 405 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 TXZ436>439-090000- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210609T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 405 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents, elevated tides and rough surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
140 WHUS44 KHGX 081528 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1028 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 TXZ436>439-082330- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210609T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1028 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents, elevated tides and rough surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
510 WHUS44 KHGX 082034 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 334 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 TXZ436>439-090100- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210609T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 334 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents, elevated tides and rough surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 26 hr | |
| Jun 7, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Madison | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 2:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | San Jacinto, Trinity | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 59 min |
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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.