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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 30, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
11 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 13:30 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, 1.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

484 
WHUS44 KBRO 301330
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
830 AM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

TXZ256-257-351-310000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0013.210330T1330Z-210331T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
830 AM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy 
  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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 4:19 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryBRO8 hr
Mar 30, 9:43 AM CDTGale WatchBRO18 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021

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.