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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

January 22, 20254 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 22, 2025, 3:48 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2025, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2025-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2025-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194214233Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

493 
WHUS44 KCRP 222148
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
348 PM CST Wed Jan 22 2025

TXZ345-442-443-447-231200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0002.250122T2148Z-250123T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
348 PM CST Wed Jan 22 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Aransas Islands, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and 
  Calhoun Islands Counties.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the most experienced 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water. These rip currents 
  can become life-threatening to anyone entering the surf.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Swell periods and heights have increased
  resulting in a high rip current risk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. 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.

&&

$$

TE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 1:35 PM CSTFreeze WarningCRPBee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more19 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.