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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 29, 2022, 3:59 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2022, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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.
848 WHUS44 KHGX 290859 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 359 AM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 TXZ436>439-300100- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0010.220329T1200Z-220330T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 359 AM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
904 WHUS44 KHGX 300005 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 705 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 TXZ436>439-300815- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-220331T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 705 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
567 WHUS44 KHGX 300849 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 349 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 TXZ436>439-310000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-220331T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 349 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$
104 WHUS44 KHGX 302011 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 311 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 TXZ436>439-310300- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-220331T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 311 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
229 WHUS44 KHGX 310146 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 846 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 TXZ436>439-310300- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-220331T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 846 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:35 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 4 days | |
| Mar 29, 4:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 12 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 5 more | 24 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.