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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2014, 2:41 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at May 26, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2014, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 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 07:43 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, 7.7 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932 WHUS44 KBRO 260741 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 241 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR MEMORIAL DAY... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELL CONTINUES ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY. WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH THIS SWELL...AND ACTION NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-262115- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0003.140526T1300Z-140528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 241 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND OTHER BREAKWATERS. 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. && $$ JGG
4 follow-up statements
839 WHUS44 KBRO 262033 AAA CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 333 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES NEXT 24 HOURS... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELL CONTINUES ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH THIS SWELL...AND ACTION NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-271000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 333 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND OTHER BREAKWATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
437 WHUS44 KBRO 270801 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 301 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES NEXT 24 HOURS... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELL CONTINUES ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH THIS SWELL...AND ACTION NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY TO CREATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-271945- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 301 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND OTHER BREAKWATERS. 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. && $$ JGG
342 WHUS44 KBRO 270900 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 400 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES NEXT 24 HOURS... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELL CONTINUES ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH THIS SWELL...AND ACTION NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY TO CREATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-271700- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 400 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND OTHER BREAKWATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
426 WHUS44 KBRO 271926 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 226 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELL CONTINUES ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH THIS SWELL...AND ACTION NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY TO CREATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-280000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140528T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 226 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND JETTY AND OTHER BREAKWATERS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:30 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 9 hr |
Nearby
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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.