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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Sep 5, 2024, 9:47 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2024, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 02:51 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, 2.8 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
- 1033 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
014 WHUS44 KHGX 060247 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 947 PM CDT Thu Sep 5 2024 TXZ436>439-061100- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0032.240906T0247Z-240907T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 947 PM CDT Thu Sep 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
577 WHUS44 KHGX 062021 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 321 PM CDT Fri Sep 6 2024 TXZ436>439-070430- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-240907T1200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 321 PM CDT Fri Sep 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
133 WHUS44 KHGX 070044 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 744 PM CDT Fri Sep 6 2024 TXZ436>439-071200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-240908T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 744 PM CDT Fri Sep 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
543 WHUS44 KHGX 071501 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1001 AM CDT Sat Sep 7 2024 TXZ436>439-072315- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-240908T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1001 AM CDT Sat Sep 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
015 WHUS44 KHGX 071918 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 218 PM CDT Sat Sep 7 2024 TXZ436>439-080300- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-240908T0300Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 218 PM CDT Sat Sep 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:09 AM CDT | Gale Watch | HGX | 17 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.