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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 17, 2017, 8:14 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2017, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2017, 6:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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 13:20 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, 1.2 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
- 470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
140 WHUS44 KBRO 171314 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 814 AM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA STATE PARK THROUGH TONIGHT... .NEAR-SHORE WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND FOR SPRING BREAK ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAVORABLE WEATHER EXPECTED. TXZ251-256-257-180000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0002.170317T1314Z-170318T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 814 AM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70S AND SURF TEMPERATURES AROUND 72 DEGREES ARE LIKELY TO DRAW MANY PEOPLE INTO THE WATER. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF LONGSHORE CURRENTS TODAY...WHICH CAN PUSH SWIMMERS WELL DOWN THE BEACH FROM THE POINT WHERE THEY ENTER THE WATER. THEREFORE SWIMMING IS DISCOURAGED...AS IT WILL BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE 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. && $$ 53
2 follow-up statements
452 WHUS44 KBRO 180032 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 732 PM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH TONIGHT... .NEARSHORE WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND FOR SPRING BREAK ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAVORABLE WEATHER EXPECTED. TXZ251-256-257-181200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170318T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 732 PM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT BOCA CHICA BEACH AND THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70S AND SURF TEMPERATURES AROUND 72 DEGREES ARE LIKELY TO DRAW MANY PEOPLE INTO THE WATER. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF LONGSHORE CURRENTS...WHICH CAN PUSH SWIMMERS WELL DOWN THE BEACH FROM THE POINT WHERE THEY ENTER THE WATER. THEREFORE SWIMMING IS DISCOURAGED...AS IT WILL BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE 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. && $$
337 WHUS44 KBRO 181123 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 623 AM CDT SAT MAR 18 2017 ...SWELL, WAVES AND RIP CURRENT RISK SUBSIDING... .HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF HAS REDUCED THE WINDS AND ALLOWED FOR THE HIGHER WAVES AND SWELLS TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. WITH SWELL HEIGHTS LOWERING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS, THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN LOWERED. TXZ251-256-257-181230- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170318T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 623 AM CDT SAT MAR 18 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A LOW RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:31 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 14 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.