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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 8, 2023, 3:13 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2023, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
155 WHUS44 KHGX 082013 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 313 PM CDT Tue Aug 8 2023 TXZ436>439-090800- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0045.230808T2013Z-230810T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 313 PM CDT Tue Aug 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday Evening * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Life threatening rip currents are likely in the surf zone. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards...beach patrol... flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
6 follow-up statements
794 WHUS44 KHGX 090236 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 936 PM CDT Tue Aug 8 2023 TXZ436>439-091100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-230810T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 936 PM CDT Tue Aug 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday Evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
924 WHUS44 KHGX 091528 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1028 AM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023 TXZ436>439-100000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-230810T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1028 AM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$
130 WHUS44 KHGX 092020 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 320 PM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023 TXZ436>439-100800- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-230811T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 320 PM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
121 WHUS44 KHGX 100734 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 234 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 TXZ436>439-110000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-230811T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 234 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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 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. && $$
373 WHUS44 KHGX 101917 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 217 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 TXZ436>439-111200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-230812T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 217 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
791 WHUS44 KHGX 111533 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1033 AM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 TXZ436>439-120300- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-230812T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1033 AM CDT Fri Aug 11 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 Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Washington | 18 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | Montgomery, Waller | 35 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Madison and 1 more | 30 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.