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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2023, 8:35 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2023, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2023, 8:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 13:35 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, 1.6 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
- 1511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -6.1
The text
As transmitted.
007 WHUS44 KHGX 251335 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 835 AM CDT Sun Jun 25 2023 TXZ436>439-260200- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0037.230625T1335Z-230626T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 835 AM CDT Sun Jun 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through tonight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
560 WHUS44 KHGX 260108 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 808 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2023 TXZ436>439-260915- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-230627T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 808 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
076 WHUS44 KHGX 270156 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 856 PM CDT Mon Jun 26 2023 TXZ436>439-270300- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-230627T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 856 PM CDT Mon Jun 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Rip current risk has decreased, so the Rip Current Statement has been cancelled. However, low risk does not mean no risk. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Grimes, Jackson, Matagorda, Trinity and 2 more | 6 days |
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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.