Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 21, 2011, 12:41 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2011, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 3698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
954 WHUS44 KBRO 211741 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1241 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 ...AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A PERSISTENT PERIOD OF LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUES TO MOVE ONTO THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TODAY...TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TXZ251-256-257-220200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.110521T1741Z-110523T1800Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1241 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINES THIS MORNING. THESE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THESE ELEVATED LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OCEAN WATER HIGH UP ONTO THE BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY LIKELY PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS BEACHES THROUGHOUT TOMORROW AND MONDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
8 follow-up statements
980 WHUS44 KBRO 220141 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 841 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF TO BUILD ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS SUNDAY MORNING... .A PERSISTENT PERIOD OF LONG PERIOD SWELLS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH SUNDAY MORNING. TXZ251-256-257-220945- /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.110522T0600Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110523T1800Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 841 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE THIS EVENING. THESE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WITH HIGH TIDES EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA BEACH BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE ELEVATED LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OCEAN WATER HIGH UP ONTO THE BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY LIKELY PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. IN ADDITION...LIFE AND PROPERTY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES WILL BE THREATENED BY THE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
066 WHUS44 KBRO 220902 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 402 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF CONTINUE... .ROUGH SWELLS ARE APPROACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST- SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES... WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-221715- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 402 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AND... WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS...WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES...ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ TOMASELLI PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
125 WHUS44 KBRO 220938 AAA CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 438 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF CONTINUE... .ROUGH SWELLS ARE APPROACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST- SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES... WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-221715- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 438 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AND... WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS...WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES...ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ TOMASELLI PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
393 WHUS44 KBRO 221735 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1235 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF CONTINUES... .ROUGH SWELLS ARE APPROACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES... WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-230200- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1235 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. SINCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY MORNING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS...WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
308 WHUS44 KBRO 230230 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 930 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES...WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-231030- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 930 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. SINCE HIGH TIDES WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
699 WHUS44 KBRO 231001 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 501 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES...WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-231800- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 501 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SINCE HIGH TIDES WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
683 WHUS44 KBRO 231704 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1204 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES...WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-240115- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1204 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SINCE HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
692 WHUS44 KBRO 240031 AAA CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 731 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO BATTER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES...WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-240600- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110524T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 731 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THE LARGE AND ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SINCE HIGH TIDES WILL ALSO OCCUR... HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LARGE BREAKING SWELLS IN THE SURF WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY WASH UP TO THE DUNES AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED FLAG WARNINGS AND THE ADVICE FROM THE BEACH PATROL. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 33 min |
| May 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 54 min |
| May 20, 7:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 66 min |
| May 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 63 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
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.