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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 20, 2023, 7:19 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2023, 7:19 AM CST (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 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 13:21 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, 1.3 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
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WHUS44 KCRP 201319 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 719 AM CST Fri Jan 20 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-202130- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0003.230120T1319Z-230121T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0005.230120T2100Z-230121T0600Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 719 AM CST Fri Jan 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. 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, from 3 PM this afternoon to midnight CST tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
026 WHUS44 KCRP 202017 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 217 PM CST Fri Jan 20 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-211200- /O.EXT.KCRP.CF.Y.0005.230120T2017Z-230121T0700Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-230121T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 217 PM CST Fri Jan 20 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 1 AM CST Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
750 WHUS44 KCRP 210933 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 333 AM CST Sat Jan 21 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-211745- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-230121T1800Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 333 AM CST Sat Jan 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * 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... 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 4:00 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 21 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.