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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 29, 2022, 3:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2022, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2022, 7:00 PM 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 08:41 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785 WHUS44 KCRP 290841 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 341 AM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-300000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0003.220329T1800Z-220330T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 341 AM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Wednesday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
512 WHUS44 KCRP 292333 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 633 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-300745- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220330T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 633 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ JCP
726 WHUS44 KCRP 300830 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 330 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-311200- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220331T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 330 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 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. && $$
623 WHUS44 KCRP 310822 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 322 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-010000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220401T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 322 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
840 WHUS44 KCRP 312032 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 332 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-011200- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220401T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 332 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$ TE
809 WHUS44 KCRP 010737 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 237 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-020000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220402T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 237 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ ANM
997 WHUS44 KCRP 012356 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 656 PM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-020100- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220402T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 656 PM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Swell periods and winds have decreased, therefore the rip current risk has lowered. $$ EMF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 29 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.