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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 6, 2024, 2:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2024, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 19:54 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, 7.9 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
- 1825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted.
847 WHUS44 KCRP 061953 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-071200- /O.NEW.KCRP.CF.Y.0008.240507T0400Z-240507T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0006.240506T1953Z-240507T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Tuesday morning. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 11 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Tuesday. * 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. && $$ ANM
2 follow-up statements
337 WHUS44 KCRP 070322 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1022 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-071500- /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0008.240507T0400Z-240507T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-240507T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 1022 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Tuesday morning. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 11 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
076 WHUS44 KCRP 071200 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 700 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-071500- /O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-240507T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.CF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-240507T1500Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 700 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CDT this morning. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 37 min |
| May 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 19 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.