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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2013, 5:12 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2013, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2013, 11:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 10:11 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, 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408 WHUS44 KBRO 111012 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 512 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG WINDS LINGERING BEHIND YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT HAVE BUILT UP SEAS 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 TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-120300- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0002.130311T1012Z-130312T1000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 512 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON DURING AND AFTER HIGH TIDE WHICH IS EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
779 WHUS44 KBRO 120236 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 936 PM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES CONTINUE TONIGHT... .WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING BUT SOME SWELLS CONTINUE TO IMPACT SURF CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT...THERE REMAINS A HIGH RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-121000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130312T1000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 936 PM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ CASTILLO
420 WHUS44 KBRO 120938 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 438 AM CDT TUE MAR 12 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING BUT SOME SWELLS CONTINUE TO IMPACT SURF CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT...THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-122200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130313T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 438 AM CDT TUE MAR 12 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE 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. && $$
609 WHUS44 KBRO 121616 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1116 AM CDT TUE MAR 12 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK CONDITIONS ARE MODERATE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO LOWER OFFSHORE KEEPING MODERATE SEAS ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY. SMALL SWELLS WILL REMAIN LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE STILL SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF SURF CONDITIONS AS THEY CAN CHANGE. AS A RESULT...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT STATEMENT IS CAN CELLED. TXZ251-256-257-121730- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130313T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1116 AM CDT TUE MAR 12 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
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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.