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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at May 15, 2025, 4:11 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at May 15, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2025, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 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 21:10 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, 9.2 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
844 WHUS44 KHGX 152111 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 411 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 TXZ436>439-160515- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0008.250516T0000Z-250517T0000Z/ /O.CON.KHGX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250516T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 411 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, dangerous rip currents and above normal tides expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...For the Beach Hazards Statement, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 PM CDT this evening through Friday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
244 WHUS44 KHGX 160656 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 156 AM CDT Fri May 16 2025 TXZ436>439-170000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250517T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 156 AM CDT Fri May 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
195 WHUS44 KHGX 161512 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1012 AM CDT Fri May 16 2025 TXZ436>439-162315- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250517T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1012 AM CDT Fri May 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT 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. && $$
352 WHUS44 KHGX 162051 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 351 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 TXZ436>439-170000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250517T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 351 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
833 WHUS44 KHGX 162225 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 525 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 TXZ436>439-170630- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250518T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 525 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Saturday night. * 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. && $$
877 WHUS44 KHGX 170648 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 148 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 TXZ436>439-171500- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250518T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 148 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
596 WHUS44 KHGX 171424 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 924 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 TXZ436>439-172230- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250518T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 924 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Saturday night. * 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. && $$
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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.