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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 6, 20224 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 6, 2022, 2:57 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2022, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2022, 2:57 AM CST (08:57 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2022, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 7, 2022, 3:00 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-453 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

733 
WHUS44 KCRP 060857
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

TXZ345-442-443-447-061700-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0001.220306T1500Z-220307T0900Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
257 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and
  Calhoun Islands.

* WHEN...From 9 AM CST this morning through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents 
  can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf.


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
983 
WHUS44 KCRP 061637
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1037 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

TXZ345-442-443-447-070500-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-220307T0900Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
1037 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands.

* WHEN...From 9 AM CST this morning through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents 
  can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf.

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.

&&

$$

TC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 2:57 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryCRP6 hr
Mar 6, 2:57 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP15 hr
Mar 6, 2:47 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP12 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.