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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 30, 2021, 8:49 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2021, 8:49 AM CST (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
299 WHUS44 KHGX 301449 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 849 AM CST Sat Jan 30 2021 TXZ437-438-302300- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0002.210130T1449Z-210130T2300Z/ Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 849 AM CST Sat Jan 30 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 PM CST this afternoon. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
023 WHUS44 KHGX 302110 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 310 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021 TXZ437-438-310300- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210131T0300Z/ Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- 310 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands and Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:29 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 34 hr |
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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.