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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 20, 2026, 9:35 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 20, 2026, 9:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2026, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2026, 9:46 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 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 14:39 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, 2.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
668 WHUS44 KHGX 201435 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 935 AM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 TXZ436>439-211200- /O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0007.260421T0600Z-260422T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 935 AM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Tuesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
226 WHUS44 KHGX 201446 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 946 AM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 TXZ436>439-211200- /O.EXT.KHGX.RP.S.0007.260420T1446Z-260422T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 946 AM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
447 WHUS44 KHGX 210356 CFWHGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1056 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 TXZ436>439-211200- /O.CON.KHGX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260422T0600Z/ Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island- Bolivar Peninsula- 1056 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY 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 Tuesday 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.