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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 23, 2023, 2:43 PM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2023, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 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 20:45 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, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226 WHUS44 KHGX 232043 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 243 PM CST Mon Jan 23 2023 TXZ436>439-240445- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0005.230123T2043Z-230124T0600Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0001.230124T0600Z-230125T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 243 PM CST Mon Jan 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Beach Hazards Statement, Strong rip currents will along Gulf-facing beaches. Tide levels of 3.5 to 4 feet above MLLW may be observed during high tide due to strong onshore winds. expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until midnight CST tonight. For the Beach Hazards Statement, from midnight CST tonight through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Minor coastal flooding may occur. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life- threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the 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. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
1 follow-up statement
307 WHUS44 KHGX 240302 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 902 PM CST Mon Jan 23 2023 TXZ436>439-241115- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230124T0600Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0001.230124T0600Z-230125T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 902 PM CST Mon Jan 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Beach Hazards Statement, Strong rip currents will along Gulf-facing beaches. Tide levels of 3.5 to 4 feet above MLLW may be observed during high tide due to strong onshore winds. expected. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until midnight CST tonight. For the Beach Hazards Statement, from midnight CST tonight through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Minor coastal flooding may occur. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life- threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:29 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 28 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:02 PM CST | Gale Warning | HGX | 31 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:37 PM CST | Beach Hazards Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 27 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:48 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 26 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.