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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 28, 2021, 3:54 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2021, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 7:00 PM 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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
- 1763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
375 WHUS44 KBRO 280854 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 354 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021 TXZ256-257-351-281700- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0011.210328T1200Z-210329T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 354 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Spring tide cycles combining with moderate easterly swell will enhance the risk for rip currents through this afternoon. 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. && $$ 63
1 follow-up statement
868 WHUS44 KBRO 281858 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 158 PM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021 TXZ256-257-351-290000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-210329T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 158 PM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Spring tide cycles combining with moderate easterly swell will enhance the risk for rip currents through this afternoon.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 41 hr | |
| Mar 28, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 34 min |
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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.