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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 30, 2023, 2:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 30, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2023, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 30, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 07:37 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, 7.6 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
- 978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
153 WHUS44 KCRP 300738 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 238 AM CDT Wed Aug 30 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-310000- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0027.230830T1200Z-230831T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0018.230830T1200Z-230901T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 238 AM CDT Wed Aug 30 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 7 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM CDT this morning through Thursday 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. 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. && $$ TC
2 follow-up statements
011 WHUS44 KCRP 301924 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 224 PM CDT Wed Aug 30 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-310600- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-230831T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230901T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 224 PM CDT Wed Aug 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TMT
605 WHUS44 KCRP 310645 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 145 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-010000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230901T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 145 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:38 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 12 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.