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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 11, 2026Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2026, 11:27 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2026, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 404 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-413 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

830 
WHUS44 KHGX 111627
CFWHGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1127 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

TXZ436>439-120000-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0001.260311T1627Z-260312T0000Z/
Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island-
Bolivar Peninsula-
1127 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto30 min
Mar 11, 5:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, San Jacinto29 min
Mar 11, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk23 min
Mar 11, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos34 min
Mar 11, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison34 min
Mar 11, 7:14 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX33 hr
Mar 11, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity44 min
Mar 11, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity, Walker23 min
Mar 11, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson29 min
Mar 11, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson35 min
Mar 11, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Madison41 min
Mar 11, 10:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington23 min
Mar 11, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin36 min
Mar 11, 11:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller40 min
Mar 11, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller56 min
Mar 11, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Waller33 min
Mar 11, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin30 min
Mar 11, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto, Walker40 min
Mar 11, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto35 min
Mar 11, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity63 min
Mar 11, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Harris, Liberty60 min
Mar 11, 1:22 PM CDTGale WarningHGX21 hr
Mar 11, 1:22 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX27 hr
Mar 11, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty30 min
Mar 11, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Colorado56 min
Mar 11, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend39 min
Mar 11, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado, Wharton46 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.