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Rip Current Statement 52, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 10, 2021, 9:01 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2021, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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
- 2591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
282 WHUS44 KHGX 101401 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 901 AM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021 TXZ436>439-102215- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0052.211010T1401Z-211011T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 901 AM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
375 WHUS44 KHGX 102344 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 644 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021 TXZ436>439-110745- /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0009.211011T0100Z-211011T1000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0052.000000T0000Z-211011T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 644 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Strong rip currents and minor coastal flooding due to elevated tides and moderate wave run-up along area beaches around times of high tide are expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM CDT this evening. For the Beach Hazards Statement, until 5 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The High Rip Current Risk will be replaced for the Beach Hazards Statement to include minor coastal flooding around times of high tides tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 8:04 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 10, 6:44 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 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.