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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2022, 10:53 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2022, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 15:51 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
060 WHUS44 KHGX 291553 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1053 AM CDT Sun May 29 2022 TXZ436>439-300000- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0027.220529T1553Z-220530T1700Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1053 AM CDT Sun May 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
694 WHUS44 KHGX 300706 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 206 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 TXZ436>439-310000- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220531T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 206 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
564 WHUS44 KHGX 301527 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1027 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 TXZ436>439-302330- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220531T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1027 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$
338 WHUS44 KHGX 302007 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 307 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022 TXZ436>439-310415- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220601T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 307 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
216 WHUS44 KHGX 311524 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1024 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ436>439-312330- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220601T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1024 AM CDT Tue May 31 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. && $$
201 WHUS44 KHGX 312049 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 349 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ436>439-010500- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 349 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
627 WHUS44 KHGX 011526 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1026 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 TXZ436>439-012330- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1026 AM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$
162 WHUS44 KHGX 012009 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 309 PM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 TXZ436>439-020415- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-220602T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 309 PM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:26 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 49 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.