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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 15, 2022, 3:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2022, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2022, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 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 08:33 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, 8.6 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
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
740 WHUS44 KCRP 150834 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 334 AM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-160000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.220415T0834Z-220416T1100Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 334 AM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Today 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. && $$ CB
2 follow-up statements
059 WHUS44 KCRP 151413 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 913 AM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 TXZ442-443-152215- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0001.220415T1413Z-220416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220416T1100Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 913 AM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TXZ345-447-152215- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220416T1100Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 913 AM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands and Aransas Islands Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$
167 WHUS44 KCRP 160001 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 701 PM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 TXZ442-443-161100- /O.EXP.KCRP.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-220416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220416T1100Z/ Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 701 PM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TXZ345-447-161100- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220416T1100Z/ Aransas Islands-Calhoun Islands- 701 PM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands and Aransas Islands Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:13 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 10 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.