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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 21, 20234 counties in Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-03-21Temperature 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 2023-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.