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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 9, 20224 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2719 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
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

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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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 2:34 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb17 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.