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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 1, 2023, 9:56 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2023, 9:56 AM CST (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 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 15:58 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, 3.9 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
257 WHUS44 KHGX 011556 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 956 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023 TXZ436>439-020000- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0010.230301T1600Z-230302T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 956 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CST this evening. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
229 WHUS44 KHGX 012028 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 228 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023 TXZ436>439-021000- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230303T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 228 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
314 WHUS44 KHGX 020325 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 925 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023 TXZ436>439-021130- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230303T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 925 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * 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. Do not 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. && $$
141 WHUS44 KHGX 020938 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 338 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023 TXZ436>439-021745- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230303T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 338 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:25 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 1, 2:29 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 46 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.