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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 24, 2024, 3:35 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2024, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:35 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, 8.6 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
- 1358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
058 WHUS44 KHGX 240835 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 335 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 TXZ439-241645- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0024.240624T0835Z-240625T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ Bolivar Peninsula- 335 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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 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. && $$ TXZ436>438-241645- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0024.240624T0835Z-240625T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- 335 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
848 WHUS44 KHGX 241450 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 950 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 TXZ439-242300- /O.CON.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ Bolivar Peninsula- 950 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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 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. && $$ TXZ436>438-242300- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- 950 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
117 WHUS44 KHGX 241945 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 245 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 TXZ439-250000- /O.CON.KHGX.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ Bolivar Peninsula- 245 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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 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. && $$ TXZ436>438-250000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240625T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- 245 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:43 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 12 more | 53 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.