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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2022, 8:05 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2022, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 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 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
171 WHUS44 KHGX 070105 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 805 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 TXZ436>439-070915- /O.EXP.KHGX.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-220607T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0029.220607T0105Z-220609T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 805 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
930 WHUS44 KHGX 070753 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 253 AM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022 TXZ436>439-071600- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-220609T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 253 AM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
101 WHUS44 KHGX 080255 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 955 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022 TXZ436>439-081100- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-220609T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 955 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening improving quickly 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. && $$
183 WHUS44 KHGX 080836 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 336 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 TXZ436>439-090400- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-220609T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 336 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening improving quickly Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:01 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.