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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 25, 2024, 3:38 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2024, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2024, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 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 09:40 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, 9.6 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
490 WHUS44 KCRP 250938 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 338 AM CST Thu Jan 25 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-252100- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.240125T0938Z-240126T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.240125T0938Z-240126T0300Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 338 AM CST Thu Jan 25 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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 9 PM CST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
236 WHUS44 KCRP 252032 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 232 PM CST Thu Jan 25 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-260300- /O.CAN.KCRP.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-240126T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-240126T0300Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 232 PM CST Thu Jan 25 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:38 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 11 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.