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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 27, 20254 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 27, 2025, 2:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2025, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
12 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 19:49 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, 7.8 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 2025-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2025-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

868 
WHUS44 KCRP 271949
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
249 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025

TXZ345-442-443-447-281200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0006.250328T0000Z-250328T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
249 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through Friday morning.

* 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.

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.

&&

$$

ANM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Mar 26, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP87 min
Mar 27, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP85 min
Mar 27, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells42 min
Mar 27, 2:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP52 min
Mar 27, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee47 min
Mar 27, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval47 min
Mar 27, 10:12 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP27 hr
Mar 27, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells63 min
Mar 27, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio65 min
Mar 27, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP41 min
Mar 27, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces, San Patricio64 min
Mar 27, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval41 min
Mar 27, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg39 min
Mar 27, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP57 min

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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.