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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 14, 2015, 5:10 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 15, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2015, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WHUS44 KBRO 142210 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 510 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TXZ257-150900- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.150315T1500Z-150316T2100Z/ COASTAL CAMERON- 510 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A ELEVATED 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
273 WHUS44 KBRO 150852 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 352 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK... .WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE NORTHEAST WINDS...COMBINED WITH LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM THE EASTERN GULF...WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER CONCERN FOR RIP CURRENTS AND THE ASSOCIATED DANGERS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH TODAY AND MONDAY. TXZ257-151800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0001.150315T1800Z-150316T2100Z/ COASTAL CAMERON- 352 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS COULD RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS. THE RIP CURRENTS MAY BE DANGEROUS EVEN TO EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
892 WHUS44 KBRO 152137 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 437 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE NORTHEAST WINDS...COMBINED WITH LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM THE EASTERN GULF...WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER CONCERN FOR RIP CURRENTS AND THE ASSOCIATED DANGERS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. TXZ257-160800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150316T0800Z/ COASTAL CAMERON- 437 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. BOTH THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THESE RIP CURRENTS COULD RESULT IN SURF THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS. THE RIP CURRENTS MAY BE DANGEROUS EVEN TO EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. 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.