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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2022, 2:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2022, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
264 WHUS44 KCRP 090745 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 245 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-100000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0009.220509T1200Z-220511T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 245 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through 7 PM CDT Tuesday. * 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. && $$ EMF
2 follow-up statements
268 WHUS44 KCRP 100044 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 744 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-101800- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220511T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 744 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
847 WHUS44 KCRP 100856 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 356 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 TXZ345-442-443-447-110000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220511T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 356 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands, Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$ 87
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:34 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 17 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.