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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2024, 2:52 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 5, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2024, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 19:56 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 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 3386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
365 WHUS44 KHGX 051952 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 252 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 TXZ436>439-060545- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0022.240606T0200Z-240607T0200Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240606T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 252 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents and minor coastal flooding during times of high tide. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the Beach Hazards Statement, until 9 PM CDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 9 PM CDT this evening through Thursday 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. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
4 follow-up statements
105 WHUS44 KHGX 060235 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 935 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 TXZ436>439-061045- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-240607T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 935 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents during times of high tide. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from 9 PM CDT this evening through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
860 WHUS44 KHGX 060751 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 251 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 TXZ436>439-061600- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-240607T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 251 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
780 WHUS44 KHGX 061541 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1041 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 TXZ436>439-070200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-240607T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1041 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
984 WHUS44 KHGX 062044 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 344 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 TXZ436>439-070200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-240607T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 344 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 18 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty and 4 more | 97 min |
| Jun 5, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Jackson and 2 more | 94 min |
| Jun 5, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda | 95 min |
| Jun 5, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 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.