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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 23 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.