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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2022, 2:30 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2022, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 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 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
693 WHUS44 KHGX 181930 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 230 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022 TXZ436>439-190330- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0023.220518T1930Z-220520T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 230 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through late Thursday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
696 WHUS44 KHGX 190205 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 905 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022 TXZ436>439-191530- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-220520T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 905 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
826 WHUS44 KHGX 190917 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 417 AM CDT Thu May 19 2022 TXZ436>439-191730- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-220520T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 417 AM CDT Thu May 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Thursday 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. && $$
957 WHUS44 KHGX 191559 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1059 AM CDT Thu May 19 2022 TXZ436>439-200000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-220520T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1059 AM CDT Thu May 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
884 WHUS44 KHGX 192042 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 342 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022 TXZ436>439-200445- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-220520T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 342 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Friday. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 4:29 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 6 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.