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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 7, 2023, 9:21 PM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2023, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 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 03:24 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, 3.4 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
982 WHUS44 KHGX 080321 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 921 PM CST Tue Feb 7 2023 TXZ436>439-081130- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0007.230208T0321Z-230208T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 921 PM CST Tue Feb 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The high risk of rip currents persists until a cold front pushes offshore on Wednesday afternoon. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
592 WHUS44 KHGX 081026 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 426 AM CST Wed Feb 8 2023 TXZ436>439-090000- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-230209T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 426 AM CST Wed Feb 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
316 WHUS44 KHGX 081527 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 927 AM CST Wed Feb 8 2023 TXZ436>439-082330- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-230209T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 927 AM CST Wed Feb 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 10:46 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 16 hr | |
| Feb 8, 4:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 22 hr | |
| Feb 8, 12:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 28 min |
| Feb 8, 1:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 29 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.