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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 3, 2026, 9:08 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2026, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2026, 5:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 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 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WHUS44 KHGX 031408 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 908 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026 TXZ436>439-032215- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0002.260403T1408Z-260405T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 908 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
788 WHUS44 KHGX 041057 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 557 AM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 TXZ436>439-050000- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260405T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 557 AM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
446 WHUS44 KHGX 041828 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 128 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 TXZ436>439-050230- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260406T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 128 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
397 WHUS44 KHGX 051008 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 508 AM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026 TXZ436>439-051115- /O.CAN.KHGX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260406T0000Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 508 AM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Breaking surf along area beaches is diminishing as will the risk of widespread strong rip currents. That said, there are always rip currents near rocks, jetties and piers. Do not swim by them, and always swim near a lifeguard. $$
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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.