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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 25, 2013, 3:53 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2013, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 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 08:52 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, 8.9 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
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174 WHUS44 KBRO 250853 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 353 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL IMPACT THE NORTH GULF AS WELL...MAINTAINING A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN PERSISTENT INCREASED STRENGTH EAST WINDS. THIS FETCH WILL DRIVE HIGHER...LONGER PERIOD SWELLS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK. THOUGH THE RISK WILL START OUT MODERATE THIS MORNING...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BUILD THROUGH THE DAY AND THE RISK WILL BECOME HIGH TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-251800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0006.131025T0853Z-131027T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 353 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...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...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE FROM MODERATE TO HIGH THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
675 WHUS44 KBRO 251718 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1218 PM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN GULF BY MAINTAINING A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN PERSISTENT STRONGER EAST WINDS. THIS LONG EASTERLY FETCH WILL DRIVE HIGHER...LONGER PERIOD SWELLS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT RISK. LATEST MARINE BUOY OBSERVATIONS ARE BEGINNING TO INDICATE THIS STEADY INCREASE IN SWELLS AS OF MID MORNING FRIDAY. THE RISK REMAINS MODERATE AS OF NOON FRIDAY BUT AS WAVE HEIGHTS BUILD THROUGH THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT THE RISK WILL BECOME HIGH. TXZ251-256-257-260300- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1218 PM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE FROM MODERATE TO HIGH THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
329 WHUS44 KBRO 260322 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1022 PM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN GULF BY MAINTAINING A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN PERSISTENT STRONGER EAST WINDS. THIS LONG EASTERLY FETCH WILL DRIVE HIGHER...LONGER PERIOD SWELLS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT RISK. LATEST MARINE BUOY OBSERVATIONS ARE BEGINNING TO INDICATE THIS STEADY INCREASE IN SWELLS AS OF MID MORNING FRIDAY. THE RISK REMAINS MODERATE AS OF NOON FRIDAY BUT AS WAVE HEIGHTS BUILD THROUGH THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT THE RISK WILL BECOME HIGH. TXZ251-256-257-261200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1022 PM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE FROM MODERATE TO HIGH THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$
421 WHUS44 KBRO 260753 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 253 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN GULF BY MAINTAINING A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN PERSISTENT STRONGER EAST WINDS. THIS LONG EASTERLY FETCH WILL DRIVE HIGHER...LONGER PERIOD SWELLS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT RISK TO HIGH FOR TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-270600- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 253 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
548 WHUS44 KBRO 261314 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 814 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN GULF BY MAINTAINING A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN PERSISTENT STRONGER EAST WINDS. THIS LONG EASTERLY FETCH WILL DRIVE HIGHER...LONGER PERIOD SWELLS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT RISK TO HIGH FOR TODAY. THE LATEST BEACH WEB CAMS SHOW THE SURF JUST BELOW THE DUNES THIS MORNING DUE TO A HIGH EASTERLY SWELL. EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS TO PERSISTS THROUGH THE DAY...BUT AN ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE SWELLS GET LARGER FAR OFFSHORE AND PROPAGATE EAST TONIGHT COMBINE WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-262000- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0009.131026T1314Z-131027T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 814 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...WATER RUNNING CLOSE TO THE DUNES TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVER WASH. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AND DRIVING ON THE BEACH IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * TIMING...RIP CURRENT WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PEOPLE FISHING NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND IN THE SURF COULD BECOME OVERWHELMED OF HIGHER WAVES DUE TO THE LARGER EASTERLY SWELLS. THIS LARGE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF WHICH COULD SWEEP AWAY BEACH CHAIRS...TENTS AND UMBRELLAS BY THE OVERWASH DURING THE DAY. 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. && $$
108 WHUS44 KBRO 261955 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 255 PM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN HIGHER AS AN EAST SWELL AROUND 8 FEET CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE SHORE LINE. THE HIGHER SWELLS WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AROUND MIDNIGHT TO PRODUCE TIDAL OVERWASH WITH SURF RUNNING UP TO THE DUNES. TIDES SLOWLY LOWER SUNDAY MORNING HOWEVER SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-270400- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0006.131027T0000Z-131027T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-131027T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 255 PM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AT THE LOCAL BEACHES... * COASTAL FLOODING...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SEVERAL HOURS EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND GRADUALLY LOWERING SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RIP CURRENT WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY. HIGHEST TIDES BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM WITH LINGERING RUN UP THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PEOPLE FISHING NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND IN THE SURF COULD BECOME OVERWHELMED WITH HIGHER WAVES DUE TO THE LARGER EAST TO SOUTHEAST SWELLS. THIS LARGE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF WHICH COULD SWEEP AWAY BEACH CHAIRS...TENTS AND UMBRELLAS BY THE OVERWASH DURING THE DAY. TONIGHT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AND DRIVING ON THE BEACH IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. 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. && $$
146 WHUS44 KBRO 270848 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 348 AM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CONTINUES THIS MORNING... ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE TODAY... .THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY WITH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IMPROVING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS LOW TIDE APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-256-257-271700- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131028T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 348 AM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...CONDITIONS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING BUT THE THREAT CONTINUES THIS MORNING. * TIMING...RIP CURRENT WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. 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. 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. && $$
192 WHUS44 KBRO 271705 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1205 PM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE TODAY... .THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MINOR RUN UP ON AREA BEACHES BELOW THE DUNES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS. THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH TONIGHT. TXZ251-256-257-280000- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-131027T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131028T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1205 PM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT. ..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
272 WHUS44 KBRO 280025 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 725 PM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013 ...SLIGHTLY LOWER WAVE HEIGHTS AND SWELL... .A WEAKENING OF THE GRADIENT OFFSHORE WILL ALLOW EAST WINDS TO DIMINISH OVER THE CENTRAL GULF...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER EAST SWELLS. HOWEVER...MODERATE EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF AND COULD INCREASE AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. THUS...WAVE HEIGHTS LOCALLY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CARRY SOME SWELL COMPONENT. TXZ251-256-257-280130- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-131028T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 725 PM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... RIP CURRENT RISK WILL DECREASE TO MODERATE TONIGHT AS WAVE HEIGHTS SLOWLY DECREASE. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 9:31 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 36 hr |
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Sources
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