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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2015, 4:40 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2015, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 09:42 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, 9.7 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
- 1539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WHUS44 KBRO 130940 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 440 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SWELLS WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS THE MODERATE TO SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-131745- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0005.150613T0940Z-150614T1100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 440 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 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. && $$ CASTILLO
14 follow-up statements
244 WHUS44 KBRO 131520 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1020 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SWELLS WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS THE MODERATE TO SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-140000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150614T1100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1020 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
077 WHUS44 KBRO 140004 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 704 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A MODERATE LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SWELL MAY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-141200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150615T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 704 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 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. && $$ GB
580 WHUS44 KBRO 141104 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 604 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A MODERATE LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SWELL MAY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-141915- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150615T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 604 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
473 WHUS44 KBRO 142000 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A MODERATE LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-150000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150615T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 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. && $$
040 WHUS44 KBRO 142328 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 628 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MODERATE LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-150930- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150616T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 628 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
026 WHUS44 KBRO 150852 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 352 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .A MODERATE LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-151700- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150616T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 352 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 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. && $$
549 WHUS44 KBRO 151635 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1135 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELL CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO APPROACHES. MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-160045- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1135 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
349 WHUS44 KBRO 152118 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 418 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY... ...TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .LONG PERIOD SWELL CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS AND MOVES TOWARD THE MID TEXAS COAST OVERNIGHT. MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...HIGH SURF UP TO EIGHT FEET OR HIGHER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...AND TIDES UP TO OR INTO THE DUNES. TXZ251-161030- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.150615T2118Z-150616T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ KENEDY- 418 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL INCREASE UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ALONG PADRE ISLAND NORTH OR PORT MANSFIELD OVERNIGHT...BRINGING WATER INTO THE DUNES ALONG PADRE ISLAND. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PERIOD OF OVERWASH INTO THE DUNES IS EXPECTED FROM 8 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. OVERWASH CAN FLOOD VEHICLES AND OTHER ITEMS ALONG THE BEACHFRONT. 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...OR 1 FOOT OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ALONG THE BARRIER ISLAND. BOATERS AND FISHERS SHOULD PLAN TO BE OFF THE BEACH OVERNIGHT AS HIGH WATER LEVELS COULD SWEEP VEHICLES INTO THE SURF. && $$ TXZ256-257-161030- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0004.150615T2118Z-150616T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 418 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...TIDAL RUN UP TO THE DUNES EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...BEACH WEB CAMS INDICATED TIDES INTO THE DUNES ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACHES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...EVEN AS LOW TIDE WAS APPROACHING. TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP TO OR JUST INTO THE DUNES THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE VERY SLOWLY RECEDING OR LEVELING OFF AS HIGH TIDE APPROACHES EARLY TUESDAY AT THE SAME TIME OFFSHORE FLOW ARRIVES. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TIDEWATER WILL RUN UP TO THE DUNES THROUGH 8 TO 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. BOATERS AND FISHERS SHOULD KEEP VEHICLES OFF THE BEACH OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVE DURING THE DAY. BEACH VENDORS AND OTHERS ON SOUTH PADRE SHOULD MOVE TRASHCANS...UMBRELLAS...AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BEHIND THE DUNES UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TUESDAY. && $$ 52/BSG
113 WHUS44 KBRO 161039 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 539 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY... ...TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .LONG PERIOD SWELL CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS AND MOVES TOWARD THE MID TEXAS COAST OVERNIGHT. MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...HIGH SURF UP TO EIGHT FEET OR HIGHER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...AND TIDES UP TO OR INTO THE DUNES. TXZ251-161800- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150616T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ KENEDY- 539 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL INCREASE UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ALONG PADRE ISLAND NORTH OR PORT MANSFIELD OVERNIGHT...BRINGING WATER INTO THE DUNES ALONG PADRE ISLAND. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PERIOD OF OVERWASH INTO THE DUNES IS EXPECTED FROM 8 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. OVERWASH CAN FLOOD VEHICLES AND OTHER ITEMS ALONG THE BEACHFRONT. 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...OR 1 FOOT OR HIGHER ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ALONG THE BARRIER ISLAND. BOATERS AND FISHERS SHOULD PLAN TO BE OFF THE BEACH OVERNIGHT AS HIGH WATER LEVELS COULD SWEEP VEHICLES INTO THE SURF. && $$ TXZ256-257-161800- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150616T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 539 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TIDAL RUN UP TO THE DUNES CONTINUES THROUGH MID MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP TO OR JUST INTO THE DUNES BEFORE VERY SLOWLY RECEDING OR LEVELING OFF AS HIGH TIDE APPROACHES EARLY TUESDAY AT THE SAME TIME OFFSHORE FLOW ARRIVES. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TIDEWATER WILL RUN UP TO THE DUNES THROUGH 8 TO 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. BOATERS AND FISHERS SHOULD KEEP VEHICLES OFF THE BEACH OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVE DURING THE DAY. BEACH VENDORS AND OTHERS ON SOUTH PADRE SHOULD MOVE TRASHCANS...UMBRELLAS...AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BEHIND THE DUNES UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TUESDAY. && $$
660 WHUS44 KBRO 161442 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 942 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY... ...TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .LONG PERIOD SWELL CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS TROPICAL STORM BILL PUSHES ONTO THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...HIGH SURF AND TIDES UP TO THE DUNES. TXZ251-162245- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150616T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBRO.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ KENEDY- 942 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT... ...OVERWASH UP TO THE DUNES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDEWATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP TO OR JUST INTO THE DUNES BEFORE VERY SLOWLY RECEDING OR LEVELING OFF LATER TODAY. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. TIDEWATER WILL RUN UP TO THE DUNES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ TXZ256-257-162245- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 942 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...OVERWASH RUN UP TO THE DUNES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDEWATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP TO OR JUST INTO THE DUNES BEFORE VERY SLOWLY RECEDING OR LEVELING OFF LATER TODAY. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. TIDEWATER WILL RUN UP TO THE DUNES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. BOATERS AND FISHERS SHOULD KEEP VEHICLES OFF THE BEACH OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVE DURING THE DAY. BEACH VENDORS AND OTHERS ON SOUTH PADRE SHOULD MOVE TRASHCANS...UMBRELLAS...AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BEHIND THE DUNES UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TUESDAY. && $$
448 WHUS44 KBRO 162215 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 515 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AS TROPICAL STORM BILL PUSHES ONTO THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...AND WAVES RUNNING UP THE BEACH TO THE DUNES. WATER LEVELS AT THE PORT ISABEL STATION ARE RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED...AND ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE ABOUT 2.25 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. TXZ251-256-257-171100- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150617T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.150616T2215Z-150617T1700Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 515 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDEWATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP TO OR JUST INTO THE DUNES BEFORE LEVELING OFF AND RECEDING LATE WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TIDEWATER WILL RUN UP TO THE DUNES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY WITH A HIGH TIDE AT 701 AM. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH FRONT AND 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. 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. && $$ 54
644 WHUS44 KBRO 170852 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 352 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH CONTINUES TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AS THE DIMINISHING EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL PUSH ACROSS TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...AND WAVES RUNNING UP THE BEACH TO THE DUNES. WATER LEVELS AT THE PORT ISABEL STATION ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE ABOUT 2.25 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. TXZ251-256-257-171700- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 352 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDEWATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP TO OR JUST INTO THE DUNES BEFORE LEVELING OFF AND RECEDING LATE WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TIDEWATER WILL RUN UP TO THE DUNES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY WITH A HIGH TIDE AT 701 AM. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH FRONT AND 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. 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. && $$
719 WHUS44 KBRO 171223 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 723 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AS THE DIMINISHING EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL PUSH ACROSS TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-171700- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 723 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. * TIMING...A HIGH RISKS OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. 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 VICIN ITY 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. && $$
740 WHUS44 KBRO 171726 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1226 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THE EAST AS THE DIMINISHING EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL PUSH ACROSS TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-180000- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0006.150617T1726Z-150618T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1226 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...A HIGH RISKS OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICIN ITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT. ..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:19 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 30 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.