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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 12, 2012, 4:44 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2012, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 09:44 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, 9.7 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
536 WHUS44 KBRO 120944 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 444 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ONSHORE WINDS. WIND DRIVEN WAVES WILL DEVELOP INTO INCREASING SWELL AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND COVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BEGIN TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-121745- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.120412T1500Z-120414T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 444 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WAVE ACTION AT AREA BEACHES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY...AND BY THIS WEEKEND A LONG PERIOD OF ENHANCED WAVE ACTION AND RIP CURRENT IS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ JGG
2 follow-up statements
528 WHUS44 KBRO 122026 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 326 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ONSHORE WINDS. WIND DRIVEN WAVES WILL DEVELOP INTO INCREASING SWELL AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND COVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE INCREASED RIP CURRENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-130600- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120414T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 326 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WAVE ACTION AT AREA BEACHES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT...AND BY THIS WEEKEND A LONG PERIOD OF ENHANCED WAVE ACTION AND RIP CURRENT IS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT. ..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
521 WHUS44 KBRO 130451 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1151 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREAS. INCREASING SWELL WILL ADD TO WIND WAVES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY OR MONDAY. TXZ251-256-257-131700- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120414T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1151 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS A PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPS. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 4:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 5 days | |
| Apr 12, 4:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.