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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 24, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 24, 2023, 2:00 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2023, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2023, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 7 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 20:01 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, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

157 
WHUS44 KCRP 242000 AAA
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
200 PM CST Sun Dec 24 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-250300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0023.231224T2000Z-231225T0300Z/
/O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-231225T0300Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
200 PM CST Sun Dec 24 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents 
  expected. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal 
  flooding expected.

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

* WHEN...Until 9 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.

&&

$$

87

1 follow-up statement

578 
WHUS44 KCRP 250310
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
910 PM CST Sun Dec 24 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-250415-
/O.EXP.KCRP.CF.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-231225T0300Z/
/O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-231225T0300Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
910 PM CST Sun Dec 24 2023

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

Tide levels will continue to subside tonight toward low tide at
daybreak Monday. Winds and seas have decreased as well. The risk
for rip currents has decreased to moderate levels for tonight.


$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 8:33 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		3 hr
Dec 24, 1:26 PM CST	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	8 hr
Dec 24, 3:49 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		23 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.