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Rip Current Statement 56, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 3, 2023, 8:46 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2023, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 13:47 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, 1.8 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
- 2287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
860 WHUS44 KHGX 031346 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 846 AM CDT Tue Oct 3 2023 TXZ436>439-040215- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0056.231003T1346Z-231004T0200Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-231004T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 846 AM CDT Tue Oct 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$ TXZ313-338-040215- /O.CON.KHGX.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-231004T1200Z/ Coastal Harris-Coastal Galveston- 846 AM CDT Tue Oct 3 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
1 follow-up statement
978 WHUS44 KHGX 031926 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 226 PM CDT Tue Oct 3 2023 TXZ436>439-040330- /O.EXT.KHGX.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-231004T1400Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-231004T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 226 PM CDT Tue Oct 3 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, through Wednesday morning. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 9 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$ TXZ313-338-040330- /O.EXT.KHGX.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-231004T1400Z/ Coastal Harris-Coastal Galveston- 226 PM CDT Tue Oct 3 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda | 37 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:19 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 30 min | |
| Oct 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Oct 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 52 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.