Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Mar 10, 2013, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 10, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT

Expired

Mar 10, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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197 
WHUS44 KBRO 100847
CFWBRO

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
347 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE BUILT UP SEAS AND WAVE HEIGHTS
CONSIDERABLY OVER THIS WEEKEND. AS A RESULT THERE IS A HIGH RISK
OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH.

TXZ251-256-257-102100-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.130310T1500Z-130311T0200Z/
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
347 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MUCH OF
  THE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND
  INTO THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FREQENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. 

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 VICIN
ITY 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

689 
WHUS44 KBRO 102205 AAA
CFWBRO

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
505 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNSET...

.STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF...AND BEHIND...TODAYS COLD FRONT HAVE
BUILT UP SEAS AND WAVE HEIGHTS CONSIDERABLY OVER THIS WEEKEND. 
AS A RESULT...THERE REMAINS A HIGH RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND 
BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING.

TXZ251-256-257-110200-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130311T0200Z/
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
505 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO
  THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013

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