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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2023, 3:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 30, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2023, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:37 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, 8.6 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
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
236 WHUS44 KCRP 300838 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 338 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-301645- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0012.230330T0900Z-230331T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 338 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. && $$ TMT
2 follow-up statements
577 WHUS44 KCRP 301452 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 952 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-310000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230331T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 952 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through 7 PM this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
173 WHUS44 KCRP 301832 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 132 PM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 TXZ345-442-443-310400- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0016.230330T1832Z-230331T0400Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230331T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- 132 PM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 11 PM CDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...water is approaching the dunes and is expected to reach the dunes around 2 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. 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. && $$ TXZ447-310000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230331T0000Z/ Calhoun Islands- 132 PM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Calhoun Islands County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:32 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces | 9 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.