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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 11, 2015Kenedy County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2828 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more52 hr
May 11, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr49 min
May 11, 5:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROJim Hogg58 min
May 11, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg31 min
May 11, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROJim Hogg112 min
May 11, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks41 min
May 11, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks46 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.