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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2011, 4:23 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 29, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2011, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 7:00 PM 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 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 1502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WHUS44 KBRO 290923 CFWBRO URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 423 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGHENING SURF POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS MORNING WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE WESTWARD TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOME FLOODING MAY DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. TXZ251-256-257-291730- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.A.0001.110630T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0003.110629T1200Z-110701T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 423 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS LARGE SWELL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ROUGH SURF...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME BEACH EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL FLOODING GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...DEFINED AS TIDES EXCEEDING 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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
708 WHUS44 KBRO 291937 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 237 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF AFFECTING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL CONTINUE MOVE TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GULF SEAS WILL STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. TXZ251-256-257-300400- /O.UPG.KBRO.CF.A.0001.110630T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.110629T1937Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.110629T1937Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110701T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 237 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. SOME BEACH EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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. PLEASE 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 SPEECE
698 WHUS44 KBRO 300441 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1141 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THURSDAY. TXZ251-256-257-301245- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110701T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1141 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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. PLEASE 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
120 WHUS44 KBRO 300942 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 442 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST THIS MORNING. THE SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-301745- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 442 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. 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. PLEASE 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
531 WHUS44 KBRO 301001 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 501 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST THIS MORNING. THE SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-301830- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 501 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. 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. PLEASE 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
973 WHUS44 KBRO 301810 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 110 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MADE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE ELEVATED SEAS FROM ARLENE OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL PERSIST FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-010300- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 110 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS WILL THEN START TO IMPROVE SLOWLY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS THE GULF SWELLS WEAKEN. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. 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. PLEASE 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
998 WHUS44 KBRO 010223 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 923 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MADE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE ELEVATED SEAS FROM ARLENE OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL PERSIST FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH TONIGHT BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-011200- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 923 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS WILL THEN START TO IMPROVE SLOWLY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS THE GULF SWELLS WEAKEN. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. 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. PLEASE 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
546 WHUS44 KBRO 010935 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 435 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .RESIDAL LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN STILL INDICATED BY OCEAN BUOYS EAST OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. ALTHOUGH THE SWELL IS LOWERING A HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AT 650 AM THIS MORNING COULD PUSH HIGHER SURF UP TO THE DUNES. SWELL PERIODS REMAIN AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS AT HEIGHTS AROUND 7 FEET. DIRECTION OF THE SWELL REMAIN PERPENDICULAR TO THE SHORE LINE WHICH WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ALLOW FOR SOME HIGHER SURF TO PILE UP AT THE BREAK ZONE. TXZ251-256-257-011530- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 435 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOME TIDAL OVERFLOW AND POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR THIS MORNING DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND 7 AM AND THEN DIMINISHING THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGHER SURF CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT TO CONTINUE ALL DAY AS SWELLS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL SIGNIFICANTLY TO LOWER THE THREAT. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SWELLS TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MID MORNING. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG ALL AREAS BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. PLEASE 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
501 WHUS44 KBRO 011546 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .THERE IS A CONTINUED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-020000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY AS THE SWELLS SLOWLY DECLINE. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN MOVE CHANNELS OF WATER QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. PLEASE 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:23 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Watch | BRO | Kenedy | 10 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 43 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:37 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 43 hr |
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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.