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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 17, 2023, 2:59 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2023, 2:59 AM CST (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 08:59 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, 9.0 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
- 1482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
766 WHUS44 KCRP 170859 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 259 AM CST Tue Jan 17 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-180000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.230117T0859Z-230118T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 259 AM CST Tue Jan 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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. && $$ ANM
2 follow-up statements
654 WHUS44 KCRP 171829 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1229 PM CST Tue Jan 17 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-180600- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0002.230117T1829Z-230118T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230118T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1229 PM CST Tue Jan 17 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until midnight CST tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TC
460 WHUS44 KCRP 180014 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 614 PM CST Tue Jan 17 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-180600- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230118T0600Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 614 PM CST Tue Jan 17 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. 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. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 11:45 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 10 hr | |
| Jan 16, 11:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:29 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:11 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 25 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.