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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 29, 2023, 3:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2023, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
250 WHUS44 KCRP 290808 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 308 AM CDT Wed Mar 29 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-300000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0011.230329T1200Z-230330T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 308 AM CDT Wed Mar 29 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. 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. && $$ TMT
1 follow-up statement
769 WHUS44 KCRP 291928 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 228 PM CDT Wed Mar 29 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-300000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230330T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 228 PM CDT Wed Mar 29 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through 7 PM this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:06 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 28 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.