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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 18, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 20:05 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, 8.1 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
093 WHUS44 KHGX 182004 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 304 PM CDT Fri Jun 18 2021 TXZ436>439-191500- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0006.210618T2004Z-210619T1500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 304 PM CDT Fri Jun 18 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents developing. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches on Matagorda Island, Brazoria Island, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This hazard will probably need to be extended over the weekend. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
567 WHUS44 KHGX 190911 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 411 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 TXZ436>439-191500- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210619T1500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 411 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents developing. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches on Matagorda Island, Brazoria Island, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This hazard will probably need to be extended over the weekend. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
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.