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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 1, 20224 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 1, 2022, 2:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 2, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2022, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 3, 2022, 7:00 AM 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 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1853 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

123 
WHUS44 KCRP 011957
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Sun May 1 2022

TXZ345-442-443-447-021000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0008.220502T1200Z-220503T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
257 PM CDT Sun May 1 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday 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
2 follow-up statements
120 
WHUS44 KCRP 020955 AAA
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
455 AM CDT Mon May 2 2022

TXZ345-442-443-447-030000-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0008.220502T1200Z-220503T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
455 AM CDT Mon May 2 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* 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.

&&

$$

BF
788 
WHUS44 KCRP 022027
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
327 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022

TXZ345-442-443-447-031200-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-220503T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
327 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY 
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and 
  Nueces Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through early 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.

&&

$$

TE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 2:53 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP43 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.