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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2022, 4:08 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2022, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2022, 7:00 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 09:12 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, 9.1 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
- 1543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
213 WHUS44 KHGX 240908 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 408 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022 TXZ436>439-241715- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0026.220524T0908Z-220526T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 408 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
378 WHUS44 KHGX 241546 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1046 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022 TXZ436>439-250000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1046 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
748 WHUS44 KHGX 241941 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 241 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022 TXZ436>439-250345- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 241 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
712 WHUS44 KHGX 250034 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 734 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022 TXZ436>439-251245- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 734 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
139 WHUS44 KHGX 251555 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1055 AM CDT Wed May 25 2022 TXZ436>439-260000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1055 AM CDT Wed May 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
377 WHUS44 KHGX 251958 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 258 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022 TXZ436>439-260000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 258 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 65 min | |
| May 24, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 54 min | |
| May 24, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 15 min | |
| May 24, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 16 min | |
| May 24, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 26 min |
| May 24, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 17 min |
| May 24, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 66 min | |
| May 24, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 35 min |
| May 24, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| May 24, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 35 min |
| May 24, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 17 min |
| May 24, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 67 min | |
| May 24, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 59 min |
| May 24, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Walker | 35 min |
| May 24, 2:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 16 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.