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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 9, 2022, 4:21 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2022, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 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 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
969 WHUS44 KHGX 091021 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 421 AM CST Sun Jan 9 2022 TXZ436>439-091830- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0002.220109T1021Z-220110T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 421 AM CST Sun Jan 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
386 WHUS44 KHGX 091623 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1023 AM CST Sun Jan 9 2022 TXZ436>439-100000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-220110T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1023 AM CST Sun Jan 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
874 WHUS44 KHGX 092121 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 321 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022 TXZ436>439-100000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-220110T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 321 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 29 min |
| Jan 8, 6:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 115 min |
| Jan 8, 6:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 29 min |
| Jan 8, 8:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Liberty, Polk | 119 min |
| Jan 8, 9:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jan 8, 9:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 23 min |
| Jan 8, 10:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 56 min |
| Jan 8, 10:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 28 min |
| Jan 8, 11:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 33 min |
| Jan 8, 11:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 31 min |
| Jan 8, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 8, 11:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jan 8, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 31 min |
| Jan 9, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 12:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 12:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 21 min |
| Jan 9, 12:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Hardin, Liberty, Polk | 30 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 12:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 1:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 1:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 22 min |
| Jan 9, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 45 min |
| Jan 9, 2:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 83 min |
| Jan 9, 3:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 4:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:21 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 59 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.