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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 12, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 12, 2023, 10:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2023, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2023, 2:29 AM CDT
In force
28 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 03:07 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, 3.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3404 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

389 
WHUS44 KCRP 130306
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1006 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-131200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0016.230513T0306Z-230514T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
1006 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$

87
2 follow-up statements
917 
WHUS44 KCRP 131938
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
238 PM CDT Sat May 13 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-140930-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
238 PM CDT Sat May 13 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through Sunday 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.

&&

$$

EMF
758 
WHUS44 KCRP 140729
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
229 AM CDT Sun May 14 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-140830-
/O.CAN.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
229 AM CDT Sun May 14 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The Rip Current risk is now Moderate along gulf facing beaches of the
middle Texas coast.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPWebb14 hr
May 12, 9:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPWebb18 hr
May 12, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPZapata35 min
May 12, 10:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria6 days
May 12, 10:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria58 hr
May 13, 12:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPMcMullen93 min
May 13, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP117 min
May 13, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg64 min
May 13, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb44 min
May 13, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, San Patricio36 min
May 13, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg60 min
May 13, 4:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio82 min
May 13, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio62 min
May 13, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb60 min
May 13, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
May 13, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP58 min
May 13, 5:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces50 min
May 13, 5:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg, Nueces117 min
May 13, 6:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio115 min
May 13, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio41 min
May 13, 6:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPMcMullen112 min
May 13, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio118 min
May 13, 7:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPMcMullen3 hr
May 13, 8:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPBee13 hr
May 13, 9:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria3 hr
May 13, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces11 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.