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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 21, 2023, 2:49 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2023, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 07:52 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, 7.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
069 WHUS44 KCRP 210749 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 249 AM CDT Tue Mar 21 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-211900- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0009.230321T1200Z-230322T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 249 AM CDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Wednesday 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. && $$ TC
5 follow-up statements
833 WHUS44 KCRP 211756 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1256 PM CDT Tue Mar 21 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-221200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230322T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1256 PM CDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
255 WHUS44 KCRP 220809 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 309 AM CDT Wed Mar 22 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-230200- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230323T0200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 309 AM CDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through 9 PM CDT 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. && $$ EMF
753 WHUS44 KCRP 222019 AAA CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 319 PM CDT Wed Mar 22 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-230430- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230323T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 319 PM CDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 87
419 WHUS44 KCRP 230300 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1000 PM CDT Wed Mar 22 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-231200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230323T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1000 PM CDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through 7 AM Thursday 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. && $$
542 WHUS44 KCRP 230820 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 320 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023 TXZ345-442-443-447-240000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230324T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 320 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE... Islands of Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, and Calhoun Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ EMF
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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.