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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 30, 2022, 3:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2022, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
633 WHUS44 KCRP 300847 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 347 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-311200- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0012.220530T0847Z-220531T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 347 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * 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. && $$ EMF
5 follow-up statements
457 WHUS44 KCRP 310817 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 317 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-010000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 317 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Calhoun, Aransas, Kleberg and Nueces Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TMT
543 WHUS44 KCRP 311934 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 234 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-011000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 234 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Calhoun, Aransas, Kleberg and Nueces Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * 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. && $$ TE
599 WHUS44 KCRP 010844 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 344 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-011645- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 344 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
130 WHUS44 KCRP 010849 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 349 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-011700- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220602T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 349 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * 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. && $$
698 WHUS44 KCRP 011545 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1045 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-021200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220602T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1045 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.