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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 26, 2024, 10:35 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2024, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 2287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted.
176 WHUS44 KHGX 270335 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1035 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 TXZ436>439-280200- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0015.240427T0335Z-240428T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1035 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. 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. && $$ CJ
1 follow-up statement
515 WHUS44 KHGX 270700 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 200 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 TXZ436>439-271500- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240428T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0001.240427T0700Z-240429T0500Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 200 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CONVERTED TO BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... * WHAT...Continued high rip current risk is now joined by potential for minor coastal flooding for the Saturday and Sunday morning high tide cycles. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, as well as low-lying locations on the western shores of Galveston Bay. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous rip currents at Gulf-facing beaches. Minor coastal flooding at times of high tide in areas such as Crystal Beach, Bolivar Peninsula, Lynchburg, Seabrook, and Surfside. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Particularly vulnerable locations include, but are not limited to: Crystal Beach, Galveston Beach, Highway 87 and 124 intersection on the Bolivar Peninsula, the north approach to Lynchburg Ferry, Toddville Rd in Seabrook, Beach Drive and Blue Water Highway near Surfside. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. Be cautious around locations seeing coastal flooding. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:00 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 67 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris | 27 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.