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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 13, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 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 02:11 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, 2.2 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
- 2083 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
712 WHUS44 KBRO 140211 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 911 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE MIDWEST WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS MARINE AREAS. THE INCREASING SWELL ACTIVITY WILL ADD TO WIND WAVES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TXZ251-256-257-141015- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0002.120414T0211Z-120415T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 911 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THE WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS A PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPS. * IMPACTS...THE 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 THIS 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. && $$ SPEECE
8 follow-up statements
924 WHUS44 KBRO 140454 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1154 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-150000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120415T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1154 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE AT AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEKEND. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
231 WHUS44 KBRO 140758 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 258 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND SURF BUILDING TO OVERHEAD TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-150000- /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.120414T0758Z-120415T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120415T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 258 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES WITH HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 10 FEET MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ASHORE TODAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE RESULT WILL BE HIGH SURF BUILDING TO OVERHEAD IN HEIGHT. * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE AT AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL. * 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 THIS 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. 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. && $$
976 WHUS44 KBRO 142037 AAA CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 337 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND SURF BUILDING TO OVERHEAD TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-150500- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.120414T2037Z-120415T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120415T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120415T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 337 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES CONTINUE TO WASH UP TO THE DUNES ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST SUNDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES WITH HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 10 FEET MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ASHORE TODAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE RESULT WILL BE HIGH SURF BUILDING TO OVERHEAD IN HEIGHT. * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE AT AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL. * 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 THIS 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. 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. 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. && $$
885 WHUS44 KBRO 150347 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1047 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS SUNDAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL EXTEND SOUTH INTO WEST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO TO INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN A NUMBER OF BEACH HAZARDS...INCLUDING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...HIGHER SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-160000- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1047 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES CONTINUE TO WASH UP TO THE DUNES ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES WITH HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 10 FEET MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ASHORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SURF WILL BUILD TO OVERHEAD IN HEIGHT. * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN HIGH AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AS STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS PREVAIL. * 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 THIS 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. 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. 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. && $$
149 WHUS44 KBRO 152146 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 446 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL EXTEND SOUTH INTO WEST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO TO INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN A NUMBER OF BEACH HAZARDS...INCLUDING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...HIGHER SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-160500- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 446 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES CONTINUE TO WASH UP TO THE DUNES ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES WITH HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 10 FEET MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ASHORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SURF WILL BUILD TO OVERHEAD IN HEIGHT. * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN HIGH AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AS STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS PREVAIL. * 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 THIS 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. 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. 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. && $$
885 WHUS44 KBRO 160453 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1153 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL EXTEND SOUTH INTO WEST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS FROM THESE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN A NUMBER OF BEACH HAZARDS... INCLUDING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...HIGHER SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-161300- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1153 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES CONTINUE TO WASH UP TO THE DUNES ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES WITH HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 10 FEET MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ASHORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SURF WILL BUILD TO OVERHEAD IN HEIGHT. * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN HIGH AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AS STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS PREVAIL. * 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 THIS 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. 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. 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. && $$
440 WHUS44 KBRO 161217 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 717 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY... .A LONG PERIOD EAST SWELL GENERATED FROM THE STRONG WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BEACHES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. THE MODERATELY HIGH SWELL WILL PILE UP ALONG THE SHORELINE PRODUCING HIGH SURF...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. OVER WASH OF BREAKERS TO APPROACH THE DUNES PROVIDING INCONVENIENCES AND POTENTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE FOR DRIVERS AND BEACH GOERS. TXZ251-256-257-162100- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 717 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES TO WASH UP TO THE DUNES ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH. WITH HIGH TIDE TO OCCUR AROUND 1 PM MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * HIGH SURF SURF CONTINUES AT OR NEAR OVERHEAD AT THE BREAK ZONE. * DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXIST DUE TO THE STRONG SWELL COMBINING WITH THE ROUGH WAVES. * TIMING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN HIGH AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY AS RESIDUAL LONG PERIOD SWELL CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE COAST LINE. * 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 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. 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. 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. && $$
260 WHUS44 KBRO 162045 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 345 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING WANING... .MARINE BUOY OBSERVATIONS AND VISUAL WEB CAMS HAVE SHOWN SEAS ARE CONTINUING TO SUBSIDE. BREAKERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOWER AS THE SWELL TRAIN SLOWLY LOWERS. OVER WASH OF TIDAL WAVES TO REMAIN BELOW THE DUNES AS HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED. TXZ251-256-257-162145- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 345 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RIP CURRENT RISK TO REMAIN HIGH WITH A LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELL TRAIN TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SWELL WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY LOWERING THE RISK TO MODERATE. $$ GB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:58 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 61 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 48 hr |
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Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
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.