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Rip Current Statement 55, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 2, 2023, 3:43 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 2, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2023, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2023, 8:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:44 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, 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
- 1650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
962 WHUS44 KHGX 020843 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 343 AM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 TXZ436>439-030200- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0055.231002T1200Z-231003T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 343 AM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
781 WHUS44 KHGX 021455 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 955 AM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 TXZ436>439-022300- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0055.000000T0000Z-231003T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 955 AM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
851 WHUS44 KHGX 022018 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 318 PM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 TXZ436>439-030200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0055.000000T0000Z-231003T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 318 PM CDT Mon Oct 2 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. 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. && $$
510 WHUS44 KHGX 030129 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 829 PM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 TXZ436>439-030930- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0055.000000T0000Z-231003T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KHGX.CF.S.0002.231003T0129Z-231004T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 829 PM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding impacts are a possibility for a short time period around high tide times Tuesday evening. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...slight overwash of water possible at the intersection of Highway 87 and Highway 124 and other lowest lying locations on the Bolivar Peninsula. Waves could runup close to parts of the Galveston Seawall, BlueWater Highway and Beach Drive in Surfside. In addition, with elevated seas in place, there will be a high risk up rip currents along all area beaches through the period. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ TXZ313-338-030930- /O.NEW.KHGX.CF.S.0002.231003T0129Z-231004T1200Z/ Coastal Harris-Coastal Galveston- 829 PM CDT Mon Oct 2 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding impacts are a possibility for a short time period around high tide times Tuesday evening. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...water may approach the north approach roadway to the Lynchburg Ferry, lowest portions of Toddville Road in Seabrook, and portions of Highway 6 between Interstate 45 and Hitchcock. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 13 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.