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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 30, 2024, 8:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2024, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
264 WHUS44 KCRP 301318 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 818 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-302130- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0016.241030T1318Z-241031T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 818 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
473 WHUS44 KCRP 301942 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 242 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-310600- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0026.241030T1942Z-241031T1100Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-241031T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 242 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 6 AM CDT Thursday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
656 WHUS44 KCRP 310003 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 703 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-311100- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-241031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-241031T1100Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 703 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 34 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.