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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 8, 2021, 7:25 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2021, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 00:26 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, 0.4 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
- 1173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
931 WHUS44 KHGX 090025 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 725 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021 TXZ436>439-090830- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0046.210809T0025Z-210809T1500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 725 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
969 WHUS44 KHGX 091451 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 951 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 TXZ436>439-092300- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210810T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 951 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
657 WHUS44 KHGX 092025 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 325 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 TXZ436>439-100100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210810T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 325 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT 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. Do not 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. && $$
676 WHUS44 KHGX 100037 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 737 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 TXZ436>439-100845- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 737 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
780 WHUS44 KHGX 100847 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 347 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 TXZ436>439-101700- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 347 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula, and Galveston Island. * 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. && $$
726 WHUS44 KHGX 101531 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1031 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 TXZ436>439-110100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1031 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula, and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
829 WHUS44 KHGX 102352 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 652 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 TXZ436>439-110800- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210812T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 652 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula, and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. Do not 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. && $$
223 WHUS44 KHGX 112058 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX Issued by National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 358 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021 TXZ436>439-120100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210812T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 358 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:29 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 10 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.