Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2023, 11:27 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 7, 2023, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2023, 11:27 AM CST (17:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2023, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
192 WHUS44 KHGX 071727 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1127 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023 TXZ436>439-080130- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0001.230107T1800Z-230108T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1127 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
181 WHUS44 KHGX 072011 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 211 PM CST Sat Jan 7 2023 TXZ436>439-080415- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-230108T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 211 PM CST Sat Jan 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Beaches, Brazoria Beaches, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 5:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 65 min |
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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.