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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 24, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 24, 2023, 9:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2023, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 2023, 1:00 AM 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 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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 12:00Z on 2023-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WHUS44 KCRP 241442
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
942 AM CDT Tue Oct 24 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-250600-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0020.231024T1442Z-231025T0600Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
942 AM CDT Tue Oct 24 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$

TC

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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.