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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 5, 2024, 3:01 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2024, 3:01 AM CST (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2024, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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 09:02 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WHUS44 KHGX 050901 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 301 AM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 TXZ436>439-051715- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0041.241205T0901Z-241206T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 301 AM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through at least Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...An environment supporting prolonged periods of high rip current risk may exist beyond Friday afternoon. Keep up with the latest information from this office for the latest and if any extensions to this statement may be necessary. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
519 WHUS44 KHGX 051550 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 950 AM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 TXZ436>439-060000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-241206T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 950 AM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through at least Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...An environment supporting prolonged periods of high rip current risk may exist beyond Friday afternoon. Keep up with the latest information from this office for the latest and if any extensions to this statement may be necessary. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
010 WHUS44 KHGX 052127 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 327 PM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 TXZ436>439-060530- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-241206T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 327 PM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through at least Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...An environment supporting prolonged periods of high rip current risk may exist beyond Friday afternoon. Keep up with the latest information from this office for the latest and if any extensions to this statement may be necessary. 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. && $$
509 WHUS44 KHGX 060336 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 936 PM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 TXZ436>439-061145- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-241206T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 936 PM CST Thu Dec 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through at least Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...An environment supporting prolonged periods of high rip current risk may exist beyond Friday afternoon. Keep up with the latest information from this office for the latest and if any extensions to this statement may be necessary. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
640 WHUS44 KHGX 061121 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 521 AM CST Fri Dec 6 2024 TXZ436>439-061930- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-241206T2100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 521 AM CST Fri Dec 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...An environment supporting prolonged periods of high rip current risk may exist beyond Friday afternoon. Keep up with the latest information from this office for the latest and if any extensions to this statement may be necessary.. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 4:11 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 56 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.