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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2013, 3:20 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 28, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2013, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:26 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, 8.3 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072 WHUS44 KBRO 280820 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 320 AM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...LARGE SWELL CONTINUES TO GENERATE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO GENERATE A LONG FETCH OF EASTERLY WINDS THAT ARE DRIVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OF FOUR TO SIX FEET. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. TXZ251-256-257-282030- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0007.131028T1200Z-131029T0100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 320 AM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ JGG
1 follow-up statement
278 WHUS44 KBRO 281945 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 245 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...LARGE SWELL CONTINUES TO GENERATE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO GENERATE A LONG FETCH OF EASTERLY WINDS THAT ARE DRIVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OF FOUR TO SIX FEET. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. TXZ251-256-257-290100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131029T0100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 245 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES OF BOCA CHICA AND PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTY. SWIMMING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT. ..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 11 hr |
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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.