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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2024, 2:26 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 30, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2024, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 30, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 07:26 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, 7.4 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
- 2462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
959 WHUS44 KCRP 290726 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 226 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-300000- /O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0009.240630T1200Z-240701T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 226 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday 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. && $$ TC
3 follow-up statements
211 WHUS44 KCRP 291957 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 257 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-301000- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0009.240630T1200Z-240701T0000Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 257 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
170 WHUS44 KCRP 300705 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 205 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-010000- /O.EXT.KCRP.RP.S.0009.240630T1200Z-240701T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 205 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$ TC
281 WHUS44 KCRP 301857 CFWCRP Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 157 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 TXZ345-442-443-447-011200- /O.CON.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240701T1200Z/ Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 157 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:53 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 7 more | 16 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.