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High Surf Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this high surf warning at Sep 14, 2013, 5:14 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 14, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2013, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 10:18 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, 10.2 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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.
098 WHUS44 KBRO 141014 CFWBRO URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 514 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM INGRID CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS...WHICH WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. AS INGRID MOVES INCREASINGLY TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHILE STRENGTHENING INTO A HURRICANE...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-141800- /O.UPG.KBRO.CF.A.0001.130915T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.W.0001.130915T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.W.0001.130915T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 514 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. A HIGH SURF WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AS THE LARGE SWELLS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES... AND VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES OCCUR. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. && $$ TOMASELLI
9 follow-up statements
446 WHUS44 KBRO 141558 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1058 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM INGRID CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS...WHICH WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. AS INGRID MOVES INCREASINGLY TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHILE STRENGTHENING INTO A HURRICANE...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-150000- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.130914T1558Z-130915T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.130914T1558Z-130915T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.W.0001.130915T0300Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.SU.W.0001.130915T0300Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1058 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AS THE LARGE SWELLS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES... AND VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES OCCUR. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
547 WHUS44 KBRO 142335 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 635 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING... .HURRICANE INGRID CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS...WHICH WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AROUND THIS EVENING. AS INGRID MOVES TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-150800- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.W.0001.130915T0300Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.130915T0300Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130915T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130915T0300Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 635 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AS THE LARGE SWELLS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES... AND VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES OCCUR. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
306 WHUS44 KBRO 150315 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING... .HURRICANE INGRID CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS...WHICH WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AROUND THIS EVENING. AS INGRID MOVES TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-151130- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130915T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130915T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AS THE LARGE SWELLS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES... AND VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES OCCUR. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. && $$
935 WHUS44 KBRO 151224 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 724 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .HURRICANE INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF WHICH ARE STARTING TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AS INGRID MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY TURNS TO THE WEST...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY IF THE LARGE SWELLS FROM INGRID PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-152030- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 724 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN STEADILY THROUGHOUT TODAY AND MONDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES. THE VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION AS THE SWELLS INCREASE. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNDER AFTER INGRID MAKES LANDFALL. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. && $$
401 WHUS44 KBRO 152024 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 324 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .HURRICANE INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF WHICH ARE STARTING TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AS INGRID MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY TURNS TO THE WEST...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. ALL OF THESE SWELLS... COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY IF THE LARGE SWELLS FROM INGRID PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-160430- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 324 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN STEADILY THROUGHOUT TODAY AND MONDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES. THE VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION AS THE SWELLS INCREASE. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNDER AFTER INGRID MAKES LANDFALL. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH... SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. && $$
415 WHUS44 KBRO 160306 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1006 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .HURRICANE INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF WHICH ARE STARTING TO REACH THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AS INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE MEXICAN COAST...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH MONDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY IF THE LARGE SWELLS FROM INGRID PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-161130- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1006 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN STEADILY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES. THE VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION AS THE SWELLS INCREASE. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNDER AFTER INGRID MAKES LANDFALL. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH... SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. && $$
269 WHUS44 KBRO 160948 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 448 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .HURRICANE INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF WHICH ARE REACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AS INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE MEXICAN COAST...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IF THE LARGE SWELLS FROM INGRID PERSIST. TXZ251-256-257-161800- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 448 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES...AND BEYOND...ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN STEADILY TODAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES. THE VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION AS THE SWELLS INCREASE. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNDER AFTER INGRID MAKES LANDFALL. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH... SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT TIDAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING... OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. && $$
441 WHUS44 KBRO 161555 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1055 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING LARGE SWELLS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF WHICH ARE REACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AS INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE MEXICAN COAST...ADDITIONAL LARGE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. ALL OF THESE SWELLS...COMBINED ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TIDAL AND SPOTTER DATA INDICATE THAT WATER IS NOT WASHING PAST THE DUNES...AND AS A RESULT WE WILL REPLACE THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING WITH AN ADVISORY...VERY HIGH SWELLS CONTINUE AND THE HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. TXZ251-256-257-170000- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0003.130916T1555Z-130917T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1055 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TUESDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WAVES WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE... GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN STEADILY TODAY AS THE LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES. THE VERY STRONG ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION AS THE SWELLS INCREASE. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNDER AFTER INGRID MAKES LANDFALL. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH... SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUOUSLY WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS HIGH SURF...GENERALLY GREATER THAN 12 FEET...WILL BATTER BEACHES...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE OR GREATER BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH FRONT AND 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. && $$ JGG
342 WHUS44 KBRO 162356 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 656 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT... .TROPICAL DEPRESSION INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST ACROSS NORTHEAST MEXICO. EVEN THOUGH INGRID HAS MADE LANDFALL...LARGE SWELLS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING. AS INGRID CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND AND WEAKEN ACROSS NORTHEAST MEXICO...THESE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. THESE SWELLS...COMBINED WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-170800- /O.EXP.KBRO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130917T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 656 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL WASH UP TO THE DUNES ON THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. * TIMING...THE COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN LATE TONIGHT AS THE LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS DURING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES. THE FLOODING AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES PERSIST. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON THE BEACHES...EVEN IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE...WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRIMARY BEACH ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED. PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...SUCH AS CHAIRS...TENTS...AND UMBRELLAS...WILL BE WASHED AWAY BY THE COASTAL FLOODING. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS LIKELY. FISHING ON THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO WASH OVER THE ROCKS. SWIMMING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TO ALL PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH FRONT AND 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. && $$ CASTILLO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf warning went out at Sep 14, 4:56 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 4:56 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
456 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013
.SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH SUNDAY/...ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE BEING
OBSERVED CURRENTLY OVER THE INLAND EASTERN PORTION OF THE BRO CWFA
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE MOST RECENT KBRO UPPER AIR SOUNDING
SHOWED AN IMPRESSIVE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 2.3 INCHES...WITH A
RECORD AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...2.41 INCHES...RECORDED YESTERDAY AT THE
AIRPORT IN HARLINGEN.
TODAY...WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE...A DEEP FLOW FROM
NEARLY THE EAST IN THE LOWEST 20K FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE...AND
TROPICAL STORM INGRID CHURNING IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...GENERALLY
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WILL RESULT...WITH THE WORST OPPORTUNITY FOR RAINFALL
OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...AND THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. CLOUDINESS AND RAINFALL WILL
HOLD TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.
TONIGHT...HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH TO A
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...AND RUN A HIGH SURF WARNING SIMULTANEOUSLY
...AS LARGE SWELLS FROM TROPICAL STORM INGRID WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WITH VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
EXPECTED CONCURRENTLY. INHERITED LARGELY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
CONVECTION FROM THE PREVIOUS SHIFT...AND HAVE RETAINED THIS...WITH A
MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN
OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BRO CWFA.
SUNDAY...WITH INGRID MOVING CLOSER...AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND
THE EASTERLY FLOW IN PLACE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AGAIN...WILL RESULT. THE
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AT
THIS TIME DUE TO CONTINUED SWELLS AND HIGH TIDES.
.LONG TERM.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...HIGH RAIN CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AS THE PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST FLOW AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL
MOISTURE TO MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE AREA AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE /PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WELL
OVER 2 INCHES/ REMAINS IN PLACE. COASTAL FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES
THROUGH TUESDAY MAYBE LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO VERY HIGH
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES COMBINED WITH LARGE SWELLS FROM THE EAST. AN
ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH
THE PERIOD.
RAIN CHANCES BEGIN TO DECREASE BY MID WEEK AS MID LEVEL RIDGING
BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. THE LATEST GFS/ECMWF
SOLUTIONS ARE SIMILAR BUT THE ECMWF IS A LITTLE DRIER BY LATE WEEK.
WENT WITH A GFS/ECMWF BLEND FOR POPS IN THE LATTER PORTION OF THE
FORECAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER
90S NEXT WEEK WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
70S TO AROUND 80 NEAR THE COAST.
&&
.MARINE...NOW THROUGH SUNDAY...BUOY 42020 REPORTED EAST WINDS AROUND
12 KNOTS GUSTING TO AROUND 14 KNOTS WITH SEAS SLIGHTLY OVER 5.5 FEET
WITH A PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS AT 03 CDT/08 UTC. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF
PADRE ISLAND TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...AS MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS
ARE BEING OBSERVED...AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.
HOWEVER...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN RAISED FOR TONIGHT...AS SEAS ARE
EXPECTED TO BUILD...AND WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH
SUNDAY AS THE ROUGH SEAS PERSIST DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF TROPICAL
STORM INGRID IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. MARINERS ARE CAUTIONED TO
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ADVERSE MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD DUE TO THE LARGE
SWELLS GENERATED BY INGRID. SEAS NUMEROUS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF GALE FORCE GUSTS ALONG
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. MARINERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS BOTH ON THE INCREASING EAST WINDS AND TROPICAL STORM
INGRID. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER
TEXAS COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 88 77 86 76 / 70 50 70 70
BROWNSVILLE 89 76 87 75 / 70 50 70 70
HARLINGEN 89 75 88 75 / 70 50 70 70
MCALLEN 90 77 88 75 / 70 40 70 70
RIO GRANDE CITY 89 75 87 75 / 30 20 50 60
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 86 80 86 79 / 70 50 70 70
&&
.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY
FOR TXZ251-256-257.
HIGH SURF WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
TXZ251-256-257.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR GMZ150-155-170-175.
&&
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66/63/VEGAHazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 7:11 PM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 711 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2013 TXZ248>257-150015- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 711 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY FROM 7 PM CDT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-150015- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 711 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 0 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 0 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY TO BE NEEDED FOR THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:33 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 3 days | |
| Sep 14, 5:14 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 54 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:58 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:58 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 11 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Warnings in Texas, 2013Every high surf warning in 2013
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.