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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 26, 2015, 3:42 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2015, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WHUS44 KBRO 260842 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 342 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...COLD FRONT TO INCREASE RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY TRAILED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. THOSE WINDS WILL INCREASE WAVE HEIGHT AND SWELL AND LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY EVENING. TXZ251-256-257-261645- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0002.150326T1500Z-150327T0700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 342 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. 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. && $$ JGG
1 follow-up statement
935 WHUS44 KBRO 270231 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 931 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...COLD FRONT TO INCREASE RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY... .A COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON...TRAILED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. THOSE WINDS WILL INCREASE WAVE HEIGHT AND SWELL AND LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY EVENING. TXZ251-256-257-270700- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150327T0700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 931 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT. ..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:30 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 28 hr | |
| Mar 26, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 45 min |
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.