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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 20, 20224 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 933 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 2022-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:52 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP19 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.