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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 30, 2016, 8:30 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2016, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 13:32 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, 1.5 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
- 2650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
637 WHUS44 KBRO 301330 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 830 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...EASTERLY SWELLS CREATING RIP CURRENT AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH THIS WEEKEND... .PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ABOVE AVERAGE TIDES AND DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-302200- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0002.160430T1800Z-160502T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.160430T1800Z-160502T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 830 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...TIDAL RUN UP AND LOCAL OVERWASH AT EARLY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDES FROM SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH ACCESS 4 NORTHWARD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN MORE THAN A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THIS WEEKEND ON THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON EACH DAY...WATER WILL REACH THE DUNES AT UNIMPROVED PUBLIC BEACHES ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND NORTH THROUGH KENEDY COUNTY. * RIP CURRENTS...LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TO ALL BEACHES SATURDAY...WITH A STRAIGHT RIP CURRENT THREAT SUNDAY AS SWELL DIRECTION BECOMES MORE PERPENDICULAR TO THE BEACH. * TIMING...TIDAL RUN UP: 10 AM THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS: THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. * IMPACTS...FOR TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH: WATER INTO THE DUNES FROM BEACH ACCESS 4 NORTHWARD WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT AND AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FOR RIP CURRENTS: HOT AND GENERALLY SUNNY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING LARGE CROWDS TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND INCREASE THE DANGER TO POOR AND AVERAGE SWIMMERS WHO ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WATER SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP AND LONGSHORE 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. POOR SWIMMERS SHOULD REMAIN IN WATER TO KNEE HEIGHT...AND AVERAGE SWIMMERS TO WAIST HEIGHT. ALL OTHER SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER WITH A FLOTATION DEVICE SUCH AS A LIFE VEST...BOOGIE BOARD...OR KICK BOARD WITH A SAFETY ROPE. && $$ 52/BSG
4 follow-up statements
428 WHUS44 KBRO 302206 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 506 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...EASTERLY SWELLS CREATING RIP CURRENT AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH THIS WEEKEND... .PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ABOVE AVERAGE TIDES AND DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TXZ251-256-257-010615- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 506 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN MORE THAN A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THIS WEEKEND ON THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WATER WILL REACH THE DUNES AT UNIMPROVED PUBLIC BEACHES ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND NORTH THROUGH KENEDY COUNTY. * RIP CURRENTS...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TO ALL BEACHES TONIGHT... WITH A STRAIGHT RIP CURRENT THREAT SUNDAY AS SWELLS BECOME MORE PERPENDICULAR TO THE BEACH. * TIMING...TIDAL RUN UP: 10 AM THROUGH 3 PM SUNDAY. RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS: TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...FOR TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH: WATER INTO THE DUNES FROM BEACH ACCESS 4 NORTHWARD WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT AND AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY. FOR RIP CURRENTS: HOT AND GENERALLY SUNNY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING LARGE CROWDS TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND INCREASE THE DANGER FOR POOR SWIMMERS WHO ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WATER SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP AND LONGSHORE 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. POOR SWIMMERS SHOULD REMAIN IN WATER TO KNEE HEIGHT...AND AVERAGE SWIMMERS TO WAIST HEIGHT. ALL OTHER SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER WITH A FLOTATION DEVICE SUCH AS A LIFE VEST...BOOGIE BOARD...OR KICK BOARD WITH A SAFETY ROPE. && $$ CASTILLO
127 WHUS44 KBRO 010638 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 138 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...EASTERLY SWELLS WILL CREATE RIP CURRENT AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH TODAY... .THE PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ABOVE AVERAGE TIDES AND DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-011500- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 138 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW THROUGH TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN MORE THAN A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THIS WEEKEND ON THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WATER WILL REACH THE DUNES AT UNIMPROVED PUBLIC BEACHES ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND NORTH THROUGH KENEDY COUNTY. * RIP CURRENTS...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TO ALL BEACHES TONIGHT... WITH A STRAIGHT RIP CURRENT THREAT TODAY AS SWELLS BECOME MORE PERPENDICULAR TO THE BEACH. * TIMING...TIDAL RUN UP: 10 AM THROUGH 3 PM TODAY. RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS: THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...FOR TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH: WATER INTO THE DUNES FROM BEACH ACCESS 4 NORTHWARD WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT AND AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TODAY. FOR RIP CURRENTS: HOT AND GENERALLY SUNNY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING LARGE CROWDS TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND INCREASE THE DANGER FOR POOR SWIMMERS WHO ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WATER SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP AND LONGSHORE 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. POOR SWIMMERS SHOULD REMAIN IN WATER TO KNEE HEIGHT...AND AVERAGE SWIMMERS TO WAIST HEIGHT. ALL OTHER SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER WITH A FLOTATION DEVICE SUCH AS A LIFE VEST...BOOGIE BOARD...OR KICK BOARD WITH A SAFETY ROPE. && $$
853 WHUS44 KBRO 011459 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 959 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...UNFAVORABLE SWELL WILL SUPPORT A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH TODAY... .WAVES AT THE BEACH ARE BEING DOMINATED BY LONGER PERIOD EAST SOUTHEAST SWELLS. THIS IS RESULTING IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. IN ADDITION...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH UP TO THE DUNES WILL PEAK AROUND HIGH TIDE AT 1227 PM TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-020000- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 959 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL RUN A FOOT OR MORE ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THIS WEEKEND ON THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WATER WILL REACH THE DUNES AT UNIMPROVED PUBLIC BEACHES ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND NORTH THROUGH KENEDY COUNTY. * RIP CURRENTS...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL BRING DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TO ALL BEACHES TODAY. * TIMING...TIDAL RUN UP: 10 AM THROUGH 3 PM TODAY. RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS: THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...FOR TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH: WATER INTO THE DUNES FROM BEACH ACCESS 4 NORTHWARD WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT AND AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TODAY...1227 PM. FOR RIP CURRENTS: HOT AND GENERALLY SUNNY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING LARGE CROWDS TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND INCREASE THE DANGER FOR POOR SWIMMERS WHO ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WATER SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP AND LONGSHORE 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. POOR SWIMMERS SHOULD REMAIN IN WATER TO KNEE HEIGHT...AND AVERAGE SWIMMERS TO WAIST HEIGHT. ALL OTHER SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER WITH A FLOTATION DEVICE SUCH AS A LIFE VEST...BOOGIE BOARD...OR KICK BOARD WITH A SAFETY ROPE. && $$ 54
465 WHUS44 KBRO 020025 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 725 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...MINOR TIDAL RUN UP CONTINUING OVERNIGHT BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THE DUNE LINE... .THE COMBINATION OF SLOWLY SUBSIDING SEAS AND SWELLS OFFSHORE WITH AN APPROACHING FRONT OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...AS WELL AS SLOWLY DECREASING PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND WILL ALLOW RUN UP TO GRADUALLY RECEDE INTO MONDAY. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...BEACHFRONT TIDES MAY RISE AGAIN BUT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON EVENTUAL SWELL DIRECTION. A NORTHERLY SWELL DIRECTION WOULD KEEP RUN UP TO A MINIMUM BUT A NORTHEAST DIRECTION WOULD RESUME RUN UP WHICH COULD REACH THE DUNES DURING AFTERNOON HIGH TIDES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TXZ251-256-257-020130- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160502T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 725 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED AS TIDAL RUN UP EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT... * RIP CURRENTS...THE INTENSITY OF RIP CURRENTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN A HIGH THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE JETTIES...LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER...INCLEMENT WEATHER AND THE RESUMPTION OF THE SCHOOL AND WORK WEEK WILL MINIMIZE POTENTIAL IMPACT WITH MANY FEWER POOR TO AVERAGE SWIMMERS AT THE BEACH. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL RUN UP WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY AND SEA WATER SHOULD REMAIN SHORT OF THE DUNE LINE EVEN AT HIGH TIDE. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BRO | 5 hr | |
| Apr 30, 8:30 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 35 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.