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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 29, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 08:14 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, 8.2 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
- 1170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
231 WHUS44 KHGX 290814 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 314 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 TXZ436>439-291615- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0008.210829T1200Z-210830T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 314 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, elevated surf and minor coastal flooding due to elevated tides and moderate wave run-up along area beaches around times of high tide as expected as Hurricane Ida makes landfall over the Louisiana coast today. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Surf will be elevated on area beaches. Around times of high tide, waves will run up area beaches further than normal. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
4 follow-up statements
929 WHUS44 KHGX 291512 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1012 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 TXZ436>439-292315- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210830T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1012 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, elevated surf and minor coastal flooding due to elevated tides and moderate wave run-up along area beaches around times of high tide as expected as Hurricane Ida makes landfall over the Louisiana coast today. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Surf will be elevated on area beaches. Around times of high tide, waves will run up area beaches further than normal. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
265 WHUS44 KHGX 292011 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 311 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 TXZ436>439-301200- /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210830T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 311 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, elevated surf and minor coastal flooding due to elevated tides and moderate wave run-up along area beaches around times of high tide are expected as Hurricane Ida moves past the Louisiana coast today. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Surf will be elevated on area beaches. Around times of high tide, waves will run up area beaches further than normal. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
734 WHUS44 KHGX 300924 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 424 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 TXZ436>439-301800- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0049.210830T1200Z-210831T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210830T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 424 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, strong rip currents and minor coastal flooding due to elevated tides and moderate wave run-up along area beaches around times of high tide are expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected through this evening. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...For the Beach Hazards Statement, until 7 AM CDT this morning. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
715 WHUS44 KHGX 301206 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 706 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 TXZ436>439-302015- /O.EXP.KHGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210830T1200Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0049.000000T0000Z-210831T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 706 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...For the Beach Hazards Statement, until 7 AM CDT this morning. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 10:57 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 24 hr |
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.