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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 23, 2023, 3:48 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2023, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2023, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 09:51 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, 9.8 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
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
834 WHUS44 KCRP 230948 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 348 AM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-240000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0006.230223T1200Z-230224T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 348 AM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$ BF
6 follow-up statements
177 WHUS44 KCRP 232232 AAA CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 432 PM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-240645- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230224T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 432 PM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 87
436 WHUS44 KCRP 240251 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 851 PM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-241100- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230224T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 851 PM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
590 WHUS44 KCRP 240849 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 249 AM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-250000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230225T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 249 AM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TC
553 WHUS44 KCRP 242147 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 347 PM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-250600- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230225T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 347 PM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$ 87
241 WHUS44 KCRP 250320 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 920 PM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-251200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230225T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 920 PM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through early Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
053 WHUS44 KCRP 250836 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 236 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-260000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230226T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 236 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$ TC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:02 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 58 min |
| Feb 23, 12:02 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:57 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 20 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.