Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 27, 2015, 7:27 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2015, 7:27 AM CST (13:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 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
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WHUS44 KBRO 271327 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 727 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND OVER THE GULF WATERS CONTINUES TO DIRECT HIGHER SWELLS ONTO THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WITH OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ADDITIONAL SURF RUN APPROACHING DUNES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-272130- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0010.151127T1327Z-151128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151128T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 727 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...SURF AND OVERWASH EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE DUNES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES FOR TIDAL OVERWASH WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM TO 9 PM WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 630 PM. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE OVERWASH OF SURF MAY APPROACH THE DUNE LINE MAKING WALKING ALONG THE BEACH DIFFICULT. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACH 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
146 WHUS44 KBRO 272032 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 232 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND OVER THE GULF WATERS CONTINUES TO DIRECT HIGHER SWELLS ONTO THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WITH OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ADDITIONAL SURF RUN APPROACHING DUNES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-280600- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 232 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...SURF AND OVERWASH EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE DUNES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES FOR TIDAL OVERWASH WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM TO 9 PM WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 630 PM. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE OVERWASH OF SURF MAY APPROACH THE DUNE LINE MAKING WALKING ALONG THE BEACH DIFFICULT. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACH 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. && $$
318 WHUS44 KBRO 280326 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 926 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND OVER THE GULF WATERS CONTINUES TO DIRECT HIGHER SWELLS ONTO THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING AND ADDITIONAL SURF RUN UP APPROACHING THE DUNES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-281130- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151128T1300Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 926 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...SURF AND OVERWASH EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE DUNES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES FOR TIDAL OVERWASH WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM TO 9 PM WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 630 PM. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE OVERWASH OF SURF MAY APPROACH THE DUNE LINE MAKING WALKING ALONG THE BEACH DIFFICULT. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACH 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. && $$
161 WHUS44 KBRO 280955 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 355 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .RESIDUAL MODERATE TO HIGH SWELLS PERSIST OFFSHORE AND CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING AND ADDITIONAL SURF RUN UP APPROACHING THE DUNES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT AND THIS EVENING SWELL SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS. TXZ251-256-257-281800- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151129T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-151129T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 355 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES FOR TIDAL OVERWASH WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM TO 9 PM WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 730 PM. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE OVERWASH OF SURF MAY APPROACH THE DUNE LINE MAKING WALKING ALONG THE BEACH DIFFICULT. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACH 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. && $$
320 WHUS44 KBRO 281453 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 853 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED OFFSHORE WINDS WILL END THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFFSHORE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PUSH WATERS FURTHER OFFSHORE WHICH WILL END THE COASTAL FLOODING CONCERNS TODAY. RESIDUAL SWELL WILL MAINTAIN THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TXZ251-256-257-282300- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151129T0400Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-151129T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 853 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. 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. && $$
078 WHUS44 KBRO 282351 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 551 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS DECREASED... .NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT HAVE REDUCED WAVES HEIGHTS AND THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS NO LONGER HIGH. TXZ251-256-257-290100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-151129T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 551 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 19
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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.