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Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 22, 2021, 3:46 AM 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
- Jun 22, 2021, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2021, 1:00 AM 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 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 3900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted.
289 WHUS44 KHGX 220846 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 346 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 TXZ436>439-230600- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0036.210622T0846Z-210623T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 346 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
902 WHUS44 KHGX 221514 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1014 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 TXZ436>439-230000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-210623T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1014 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
847 WHUS44 KHGX 222043 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 343 PM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 TXZ436>439-230445- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-210623T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 343 PM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Wednesday. * 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. && $$
494 WHUS44 KHGX 230259 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 959 PM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 TXZ436>439-230600- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-210623T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 959 PM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 10:11 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 3 hr | |
| Jun 21, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 10:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 110 min |
| Jun 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 51 min | |
| Jun 21, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 91 min |
| Jun 22, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 1:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 66 min | |
| Jun 22, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 95 min | |
| Jun 22, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Wharton | 48 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.