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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 7, 20254 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this rip current statement at May 7, 2025, 4:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2025, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
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 21:41 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, 9.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

As transmitted.

381 
WHUS44 KCRP 072140
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
440 PM CDT Wed May 7 2025

TXZ345-442-443-447-081200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.RP.S.0009.250507T2140Z-250508T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
440 PM CDT Wed May 7 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Thursday 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Swells of 3-4 feet and 8 seconds has
  resulted 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

1 follow-up statement

318 
WHUS44 KCRP 081139
CFWCRP

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
639 AM CDT Thu May 8 2025

TXZ345-442-443-447-081245-
/O.EXP.KCRP.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250508T1200Z/
Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
639 AM CDT Thu May 8 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

The rip current risk has decreased to moderate therefore the rip
risk product will be allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Victoria	42 min
May 6, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	46 min
May 6, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	48 min
May 6, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Victoria	42 min
May 6, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	21 min
May 6, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	66 min
May 6, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	64 min
May 6, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	41 min
May 6, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio	49 min
May 6, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	39 min
May 6, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	67 min
May 6, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	46 min
May 6, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	San Patricio	24 min
May 7, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CRP	Webb	38 min
May 7, 2:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	23 min
May 7, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Zapata	39 min
May 7, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	36 min
May 7, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	49 min
May 7, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	40 min
May 7, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	12 min
May 7, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	29 min
May 7, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	49 min
May 7, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	29 min
May 7, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	14 min
May 7, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		39 min
May 7, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	35 min
May 7, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	41 min
May 7, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	15 min
May 7, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	29 min
May 7, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	44 min
May 7, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	47 min
May 7, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	41 min
May 7, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		93 min
May 7, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	32 min
May 7, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	32 min
May 7, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		57 min
May 7, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
May 7, 4:41 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		11 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.