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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 28, 2021, 8:59 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2021, 8:59 AM CDT (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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 14:01 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, 2.0 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
- 2564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
273 WHUS44 KHGX 281359 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 859 AM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021 TXZ436>439-282200- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0039.210628T1359Z-210630T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 859 AM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
159 WHUS44 KHGX 282020 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 320 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021 TXZ436>439-291100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-210630T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 320 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
576 WHUS44 KHGX 290844 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 344 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021 TXZ436>439-291645- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-210630T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 344 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$
459 WHUS44 KHGX 291612 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1112 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021 TXZ436>439-300015- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-210630T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1112 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
889 WHUS44 KHGX 292101 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 401 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021 TXZ436>439-300400- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-210630T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 401 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.