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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 1, 2019, 11:09 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2019, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 04:07 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, 4.2 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
843 WHUS44 KBRO 020409 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1109 PM CDT Tue Oct 1 2019 ...Minor Coastal Flooding Possible Tonight... .Easterly Gulf swells will combine with tides running above astronomical predictions to push water up to the base of some dunes within a few hours on either side of high tide Tuesday evening. TXZ256-257-351-021215- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0021.191002T0409Z-191002T1400Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1109 PM CDT Tue Oct 1 2019 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...The combination of Gulf swells and tides running about a foot above astronomical predictions may result in water run-up to the base of the dunes at area beaches. * TIMING...The maximum inundation will occur around high tide, which is at 7 24 PM Tuesday evening. The next low tide will be at 12 02 PM Wednesday. Dune run-up will be possible through early Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Beach equipment such as umbrellas and chairs could be moved by the waves. Vehicles driving on the area beaches may encounter water running up to near the dunes. $$
1 follow-up statement
953 WHUS44 KBRO 020747 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 247 AM CDT Wed Oct 2 2019 ...Minor Coastal Flooding Possible Tonight... .Easterly Gulf swells will combine with tides running above astronomical predictions to push water up to the base of some dunes within a few hours on either side of high tide Wednesday evening. TXZ256-257-351-031200- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0022.191002T2000Z-191003T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-191002T1400Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 247 AM CDT Wed Oct 2 2019 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...The combination of Gulf swells and tides running about a foot above astronomical predictions may result in water run-up to the base of the dunes at area beaches. * TIMING...The maximum inundation will occur around high tide, which is at 9 16 PM Wednesday evening. Dune run-up will be possible a few hours either side of high tide. * IMPACTS...Beach equipment such as umbrellas and chairs could be moved by the waves. Vehicles driving on the area beaches may encounter water running up to near the dunes. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:47 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.