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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 21, 2022, 5:47 PM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2022, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2022, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2022, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 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 23:52 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, 11.8 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
- 476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
379 WHUS44 KHGX 212347 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 547 PM CST Mon Feb 21 2022 TXZ436>439-220800- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0004.220222T0000Z-220223T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 547 PM CST Mon Feb 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected along Gulf facing beaches. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
996 WHUS44 KHGX 220924 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 324 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022 TXZ436>439-222100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220223T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 324 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
690 WHUS44 KHGX 221450 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 850 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022 TXZ436>439-222300- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220223T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 850 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CST 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. && $$
882 WHUS44 KHGX 222339 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 539 PM CST Tue Feb 22 2022 TXZ436>439-230600- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220223T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 539 PM CST Tue Feb 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brazoria Islands, Matagorda Islands, Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:55 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:56 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 44 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.