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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 6, 2023, 8:25 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2023, 8:25 AM CDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 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 13:26 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, 1.4 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
- 394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
753 WHUS44 KHGX 061325 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 825 AM CDT Thu Jul 6 2023 TXZ436>439-070300- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0038.230706T1325Z-230707T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 825 AM CDT Thu Jul 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
735 WHUS44 KHGX 070213 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 913 PM CDT Thu Jul 6 2023 TXZ436>439-071015- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-230707T1500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 913 PM CDT Thu Jul 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 117 min |
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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.