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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 20, 2016, 1:05 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2016, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 18:08 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, 6.1 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
- 1361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
636 WHUS44 KBRO 201805 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 105 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS CREATING HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH TODAY... .STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DANIELLE COMBINED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TIDES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TODAY...AS WELL AS MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH. TXZ251-256-257-210215- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0003.160620T1805Z-160621T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0003.160620T1805Z-160621T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 105 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HALF A FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS TODAY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH IS EXPECTED WITH SURF STAYING BELOW THE DUNE LINES. * RIP CURRENTS...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TO ALL BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...FOR TIDAL RUN UP AND OVERWASH: WATER...WHILE REMAINING BELOW THE DUNE LINE...WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FROM BEACH ACCESS 4 NORTHWARD. FOR RIP CURRENTS: FREQUENT LIFE- THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE RIP CURRENT HAZARD WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR POOR SWIMMERS WHO ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WATER AND SAFELY NAVIGATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF OFFSHORE. 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...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
950 WHUS44 KBRO 210208 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 908 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS CREATING HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR A LITTLE LATER... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS IN THE FETCH BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM DANIELLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST ARE GRADUALLY SUSBSIDING THIS EVENING...BUT RIP CURRENT DANGER REMAINS FOR EVENING SWIMMERS. THE THREAT FOR TIDAL OVERWASH HAS ABATED. TXZ251-256-257-210600- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160621T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160621T0600Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 908 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * RIP CURRENTS...LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DANGEROUS LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS TO ALL BEACHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FIVE FOOT SWELL AND EIGHT SECOND PERIOD AT SUNSET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO A FOUR FOOT WELL AND SEVEN SECOND PERIOD AFTER MIDNIGHT AND FURTHER SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE RIP CURRENT HAZARD WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR POOR SWIMMERS WHO ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WATER AND SAFELY NAVIGATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...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. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:05 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 12 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.