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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2012, 12:33 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at May 25, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2012, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 4:03 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 17:31 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, 5.6 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358 WHUS44 KBRO 251733 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1233 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...AND WILL INTERACT WITH PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SEAS WILL PRODUCE SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-260200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0004.120525T1800Z-120528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1233 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY AND THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS 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. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
367 WHUS44 KBRO 252344 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 644 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... .HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...AND WILL INTERACT WITH PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SEAS WILL PRODUCE SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-261100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 644 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY AND THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$
867 WHUS44 KBRO 260903 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 403 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK LOWERED TO MODERATE... .WAVES HAVE LOWERED OVERNIGHT AND WINDS DIMINISH AS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOWER PRESSURE OVER THE PLAIN STATES WEAKEN. THIS GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-261015- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 403 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND SUNDAY. 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. $$ GB
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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.