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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 3, 2021, 3:42 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2021, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:41 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, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
323 WHUS44 KBRO 030842 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 342 AM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 TXZ256-257-351-032000- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0002.210403T1400Z-210403T2000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 342 AM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM TODAY... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 3 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Coastal flooding will be most likely around high tide, which will occur at 12:23 PM this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
1 follow-up statement
972 WHUS44 KBRO 032004 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 304 PM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 TXZ256-257-351-032115- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210403T2000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 304 PM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Water levels along the local beaches are beginning to fall after high tide, so will let the Coastal Flood Statement expire. $$
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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.