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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2011, 4:51 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 64 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2011, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 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 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 2766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 WHUS44 KBRO 280951 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 451 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE THIS WEEKEND... .GULF SWELLS CONTINUE TO BUILD ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-281800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0002.110528T0951Z-110529T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 451 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THE LARGE GULF SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH TODAY...TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. SINCE HIGH TIDES WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS WEEKEND ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. 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
956 WHUS44 KBRO 281747 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1247 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE THIS WEEKEND... .GULF SWELLS CONTINUE TO BUILD ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THESE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA...AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-290500- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110529T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1247 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THE LARGE GULF SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST THAT ARE PRODUCING THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SINCE HIGH A TIDE WILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS WEEKEND ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. 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 MARTIN
979 WHUS44 KBRO 282054 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 354 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS WEEKEND... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-290500- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110530T0100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 354 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
694 WHUS44 KBRO 290153 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 853 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS WEEKEND... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-291000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110530T0100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 853 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
808 WHUS44 KBRO 290857 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 357 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS WEEKEND... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-291700- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 357 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
389 WHUS44 KBRO 291632 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1132 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS WEEKEND... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-300100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1132 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
810 WHUS44 KBRO 300025 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 725 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES...COMBINED WITH SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST...AND SOME SLIGHTLY HIGHER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA FROM NOW THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. TXZ251-256-257-300830- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 725 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WIND WAVES AND MODERATE SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST APPROACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA FROM NOW THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
550 WHUS44 KBRO 300823 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 323 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THIS EVENING. TXZ251-256-257-301630- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 323 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
384 WHUS44 KBRO 301732 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1232 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR LOWER TEXAS COAST... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ARE PRODUCING LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. THESE WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. TXZ251-256-257-310100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1232 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LARGE WAVES ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AT THE LOCAL BEACHES DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ 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 MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 11 hr | |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 24 hr | |
| May 28, 4:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 3 days | |
| May 28, 4:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 15 hr |
| May 28, 5:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 14 hr |
| May 28, 3:43 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 28 hr |
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.