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Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 20, 2023, 9:12 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2023, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2023, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 15:13 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, 3.2 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
621 WHUS44 KHGX 201512 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 912 AM CST Mon Nov 20 2023 TXZ436>439-210100- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0065.231120T1512Z-231121T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 912 AM CST Mon Nov 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST 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 7 PM CST 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 11:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 43 min |
| Nov 20, 12:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 26 min |
| Nov 20, 1:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 25 min |
| Nov 20, 3:29 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 39 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.