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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2015, 7:58 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2015, 7:58 AM CST (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2015, 3:25 AM CST
- In force
- 19 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 14:01 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, 2.0 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WHUS44 KBRO 261358 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 758 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AROUND HIGH TIDE... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ..A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME SURF RUN UP NEAR THE DUNES BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-262200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0009.151126T1358Z-151127T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151127T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 758 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...SURF AND OVERWASH TO APPROACH THE DUNES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. TIDAL OVERWASH AND RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNE LINE AROUND PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO BE AT 538 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
833 WHUS44 KBRO 262202 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 402 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AROUND HIGH TIDE... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TONIGHT... ..A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME SURF RUN UP NEAR THE DUNES BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-270500- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-151127T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 402 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...SURF AND OVERWASH TO APPROACH THE DUNES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. TIDAL OVERWASH AND RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNE LINE AROUND PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO BE AT 538 PM THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$
453 WHUS44 KBRO 270354 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 954 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TONIGHT... ..A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME SURF RUN UP NEAR THE DUNES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-271200- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-151127T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 954 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ..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 TONIGHT. TIDAL OVERWASH AND RUN UP TO NEAR THE DUNE LINE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 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. && $$
081 WHUS44 KBRO 270925 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 325 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND OVER THE GULF WATERS CONTINUES TO DIRECT HIGHER SWELLS ONTO THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WITH OBSERVED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ADDITIONAL SURF RUN APPROACHING DUNES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. TXZ251-256-257-271730- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-151127T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-151128T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 325 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...OVERWASH NEAR THE DUNES LATER DURING HIGH TIDE LATER TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR OVERWASH DUE TO HIGH SURF APPROACHING THE DUNES. * TIMING...2 PM TO 9 PM BEST CHANCES WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 630 PM. * IMPACTS...THE OVERWASH OF SURF MAY APPROACH THE DUNE LINE MAKING WALKING ALONG THE BEACH DIFFICULT. DRIVING ALONG THE BEACH IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 54 hr |
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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.