Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 22, 2023, 10:47 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2023, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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 15:46 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, 3.8 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
183 WHUS44 KHGX 221547 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1047 AM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023 TXZ436>439-230000- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0023.230422T1547Z-230423T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1047 AM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
021 WHUS44 KHGX 222043 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 343 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023 TXZ436>439-230300- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230423T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 343 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
287 WHUS44 KHGX 230229 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 929 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023 TXZ436>439-231030- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230423T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 929 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
612 WHUS44 KHGX 230826 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 326 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023 TXZ436>439-231630- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230423T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 326 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
502 WHUS44 KHGX 231406 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 906 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023 TXZ436>439-232100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230423T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 906 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this 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. && $$
499 WHUS44 KHGX 232015 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 315 PM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023 TXZ436>439-232115- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230423T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 315 PM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:15 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 9 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.