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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2:25 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 34 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.