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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 10, 2023, 1:38 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2023, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2023, 2:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
458 WHUS44 KHGX 101838 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 138 PM CDT Wed May 10 2023 TXZ436>439-110245- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0029.230510T1838Z-230511T1600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 138 PM CDT Wed May 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
372 WHUS44 KHGX 110751 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 251 AM CDT Thu May 11 2023 TXZ436>439-111600- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-230511T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0002.230511T0751Z-230512T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 251 AM CDT Thu May 11 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents and elevated seas and surf. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous swimming conditions along area beaches. Water levels peak around or just over 3 feet MLLW this afternoon during high tide along Gulf facing beaches. Minor coastal flooding will be possible at the lowest and more susceptible roadways during high tide today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. Remain alert to potential overwash on low lying coastal roadways. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 41 min | |
| May 10, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 44 min |
| May 10, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Matagorda | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 44 min |
| May 10, 5:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 113 min | |
| May 10, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda | 36 min |
| May 10, 6:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 101 min |
| May 10, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 46 min |
| May 10, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Galveston | 47 min |
| May 10, 7:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 2 hr |
| May 10, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 60 min |
| May 10, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 2 hr |
| May 10, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 75 min | |
| May 10, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 64 min | |
| May 10, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 7 days |
| May 10, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 45 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.