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Rip Current Statement 52, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 24, 2022Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 24, 2022, 3:43 PM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 24, 2022, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 5 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 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1017 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

As transmitted.

300 
WHUS44 KHGX 242143
CFWHGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
343 PM CST Thu Nov 24 2022

TXZ436>439-250300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0052.221124T2143Z-221125T0300Z/
Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island-
Bolivar Peninsula-
343 PM CST Thu Nov 24 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island 
  and Bolivar Peninsula Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 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. 
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
Nov 23, 10:33 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		12 hr
Nov 23, 11:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 7 more	12 hr
Nov 24, 7:24 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		36 min
Nov 24, 11:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Galveston, Harris	3 hr
Nov 24, 1:20 PM CST	Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 7 more	44 hr
Nov 24, 1:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Matagorda, Waller and 1 more	119 min
Nov 24, 2:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	24 min
Nov 24, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	21 min
Nov 24, 3:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	3 hr
Nov 24, 3:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	42 min
Nov 24, 3:44 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		4 hr
Nov 24, 5:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	30 min
Nov 24, 5:16 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		29 min
Nov 24, 5:38 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		52 min
Nov 24, 5:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	66 min
Nov 24, 5:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris	2 hr
Nov 24, 5:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	25 min

Nearby

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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.