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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

January 27, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 27, 2023, 5:37 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2023, 5:37 AM CST (11:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 28, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
In force
24 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 11:36 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, 11.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

623 
WHUS44 KCRP 271137
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
537 AM CST Fri Jan 27 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-272200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0005.230128T0000Z-230129T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
537 AM CST Fri Jan 27 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From this evening through Saturday 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.

&&

$$

ADAMS
3 follow-up statements
258 
WHUS44 KCRP 272030
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
230 PM CST Fri Jan 27 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-280430-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.230128T0000Z-230129T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
230 PM CST Fri Jan 27 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening through Saturday 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.

&&

$$

JCP
648 
WHUS44 KCRP 280242
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
842 PM CST Fri Jan 27 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-290000-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230129T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
842 PM CST Fri Jan 27 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
236 
WHUS44 KCRP 282121
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
321 PM CST Sat Jan 28 2023

TXZ345-442-443-447-290000-
/O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230129T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
321 PM CST Sat Jan 28 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST 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.

&&

$$

JCP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 2:25 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP34 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.