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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2026, 10:40 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2026, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
879 WHUS44 KHGX 231540 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1040 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 TXZ436-232345- /O.CAN.KHGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260724T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0016.260723T1540Z-260724T1100Z/ Matagorda Islands- 1040 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ TXZ437>439-232345- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0016.260723T1540Z-260724T1100Z/ Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island-Bolivar Peninsula- 1040 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
031 WHUS44 KHGX 232118 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 418 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 TXZ436>439-240530- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260724T1100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 418 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 ...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 tonight. * 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. && $$
025 WHUS44 KHGX 232353 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 653 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 TXZ436>439-240800- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260724T1100Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 653 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 90 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 67 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Matagorda | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 9:58 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston | 21 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:10 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 8 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 90 min | |
| Jul 23, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 92 min | |
| Jul 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 3 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.