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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 30, 2020, 7:50 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2020, 7:50 AM CST (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 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 13:51 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, 1.8 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
- 596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
905 WHUS44 KBRO 301350 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 750 AM CST Wed Dec 30 2020 TXZ256-257-351-302200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0013.201230T1350Z-201231T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 750 AM CST Wed Dec 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Castillo
2 follow-up statements
511 WHUS44 KBRO 311015 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 415 AM CST Thu Dec 31 2020 TXZ256-257-351-311815- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210101T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 415 AM CST Thu Dec 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
040 WHUS44 KBRO 311821 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1221 PM CST Thu Dec 31 2020 TXZ256-257-351-010000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210101T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1221 PM CST Thu Dec 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 4:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 10 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:56 PM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 32 hr | |
| Dec 30, 1:56 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 34 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.