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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 24, 20244 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 24, 2024, 2:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 24, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2024, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
3 days
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 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

475 
WHUS44 KCRP 240750
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
250 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

TXZ345-442-443-447-250000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0003.240324T1200Z-240325T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
250 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Monday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

ANM
4 follow-up statements
078 
WHUS44 KCRP 250721
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
221 AM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

TXZ345-442-443-447-260000-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240326T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
221 AM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$

ANM
480 
WHUS44 KCRP 252205 AAA
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
505 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

TXZ345-442-443-447-261200-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240326T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
505 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

87
334 
WHUS44 KCRP 260715
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
215 AM CDT Tue Mar 26 2024

TXZ345-442-443-447-270000-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240327T0000Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
215 AM CDT Tue Mar 26 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through 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
840 
WHUS44 KCRP 262109
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
409 PM CDT Tue Mar 26 2024

TXZ345-442-443-447-271200-
/O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240327T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
409 PM CDT Tue Mar 26 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through Wednesday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

NP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 3:00 AM CDTFire Weather WatchCRPLa Salle, Webb23 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.