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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2023, 8:46 PM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 30, 2023, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2023, 8:46 PM CST (02:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2023, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
380 WHUS44 KHGX 300246 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 846 PM CST Wed Nov 29 2023 TXZ436>439-010600- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0066.231130T1500Z-231201T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 846 PM CST Wed Nov 29 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY 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 Thursday morning through Thursday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
118 WHUS44 KHGX 300851 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 251 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 TXZ436>439-301700- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0066.231130T1500Z-231201T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 251 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From 9 AM CST this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
051 WHUS44 KHGX 301604 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1004 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 TXZ436>439-010015- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-231201T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1004 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 9 AM CST 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. && $$
032 WHUS44 KHGX 302129 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 329 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 TXZ436>439-010530- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-231201T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 329 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
394 WHUS44 KHGX 010329 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 929 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 TXZ436>439-010600- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-231201T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 929 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight. * 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 29, 8:46 PM CST | Gale Watch | HGX | 6 hr | |
| Nov 30, 2:51 AM CST | Gale Warning | HGX | 15 hr | |
| Nov 30, 2:51 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 27 hr | |
| Nov 30, 8:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 11:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 12:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Galveston | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 12:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 89 min | |
| Nov 30, 1:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Nov 30, 1:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston | 110 min |
| Nov 30, 3:29 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 20 hr | |
| Nov 30, 4:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 4:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 45 min | |
| Nov 30, 4:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 116 min |
| Nov 30, 5:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 53 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.