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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 11, 2015, 4:55 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at May 11, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2015, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 09:56 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, 9.9 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
- 2828 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784 WHUS44 KBRO 110955 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 455 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE GENERATED LARGE WIND WAVES AND SWELL. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-111800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0003.150511T1400Z-150512T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 455 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES. 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. && $$ JGG
1 follow-up statement
378 WHUS44 KBRO 111808 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 108 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE GENERATED LARGE WIND WAVES AND SWELL. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-120000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150512T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 108 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT. ..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 52 hr |
| May 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg | 58 min |
| May 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 31 min |
| May 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 112 min |
| May 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 46 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.