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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 20, 2022, 3:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 20, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2022, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 20, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 08:46 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, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154 WHUS44 KCRP 200844 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 344 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-210000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0013.220821T0000Z-220822T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 344 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Sunday 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. && $$ TC
2 follow-up statements
245 WHUS44 KCRP 210314 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1014 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-220000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220822T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1014 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
733 WHUS44 KCRP 210808 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 308 AM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-220000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220822T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 308 AM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun 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. && $$ TC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:52 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 19 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.