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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 7, 2023Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 7, 2023, 9:37 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2023, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 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 14:41 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, 2.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3439 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

As transmitted.

221 
WHUS44 KHGX 071437
CFWHGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
937 AM CDT Sun May 7 2023

TXZ436>439-080200-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0026.230507T1437Z-230508T0200Z/
Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island-
Bolivar Peninsula-
937 AM CDT Sun May 7 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island 
  and Bolivar Peninsula Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 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 and away from rocks, jetties and piers. 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 12:26 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX3 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.