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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2022, 2:55 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2022, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.7
The text
As transmitted.
405 WHUS44 KHGX 090755 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 255 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ436>439-091800- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0022.220509T1200Z-220511T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 255 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Tuesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
433 WHUS44 KHGX 100301 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1001 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ436>439-101115- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220511T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1001 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
882 WHUS44 KHGX 100806 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 306 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 TXZ436>439-110600- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220511T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 306 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * 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. && $$
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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.