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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2023, 10:40 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2023, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
820 WHUS44 KHGX 120340 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1040 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 TXZ436>439-121145- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0046.230812T0340Z-230813T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1040 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
047 WHUS44 KHGX 121325 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 825 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 TXZ436>439-130200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-230813T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 825 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
782 WHUS44 KHGX 122032 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 332 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 TXZ436>439-130200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-230813T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 332 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * 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. Do not 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. && $$
769 WHUS44 KHGX 130112 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 812 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 TXZ436>439-140200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-230814T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 812 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
691 WHUS44 KHGX 132004 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 304 PM CDT Sun Aug 13 2023 TXZ436>439-140200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-230814T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 304 PM CDT Sun Aug 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through 9 PM CDT Sunday. * 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 12, 3:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Walker, Washington | 18 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.