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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 1, 2022, 4:09 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2022, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 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.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 2094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.4
The text
As transmitted.
681 WHUS44 KHGX 010909 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 409 AM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022 TXZ436>439-011715- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0035.220701T0909Z-220702T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 409 AM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
066 WHUS44 KHGX 012046 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 346 PM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022 TXZ436>439-020500- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220702T1300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 346 PM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
298 WHUS44 KHGX 020824 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 324 AM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022 TXZ436>439-021630- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220703T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 324 AM CDT Sat Jul 2 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. && $$
517 WHUS44 KHGX 021524 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1024 AM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022 TXZ436>439-030000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220703T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1024 AM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
671 WHUS44 KHGX 022014 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 314 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022 TXZ436>439-030400- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220703T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 314 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 11 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 10 hr | |
| Jul 1, 5:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 111 min |
| Jul 1, 12:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 55 min |
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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.