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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 23, 2023, 3:14 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2023, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 08:15 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, 8.2 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
525 WHUS44 KHGX 230814 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 314 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023 TXZ436>439-231615- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0015.230323T0814Z-230324T1600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 314 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
411 WHUS44 KHGX 240810 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 310 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023 TXZ436>439-241615- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230325T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 310 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through at least this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
275 WHUS44 KHGX 242102 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 402 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023 TXZ436>439-250400- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230325T0400Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 402 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through at least 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. && $$
242 WHUS44 KHGX 250246 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 946 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023 TXZ436>439-250900- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230325T0900Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 946 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:01 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 32 hr |
Nearby
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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.