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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 19, 2025, 1:47 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2025, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 06:47 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, 6.8 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
- 1438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
113 WHUS44 KHGX 190647 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 147 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025 TXZ436>439-191500- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0010.250519T0647Z-250520T0200Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 147 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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 this 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
219 WHUS44 KHGX 192021 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 321 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 TXZ436>439-202030- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-250521T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 321 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
732 WHUS44 KHGX 200535 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1235 AM CDT Tue May 20 2025 TXZ436>439-202100- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-250521T0100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1235 AM CDT Tue May 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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 Tuesday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 21 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.