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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Brownsville, TX

April 2, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 2, 2021, 2:47 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2021, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 2, 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 07:51 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, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

832 
WHUS44 KBRO 020747
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
247 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021

TXZ256-257-351-022115-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0015.210402T1200Z-210403T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0001.210402T1200Z-210402T2000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
247 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 3 PM TODAY... 

* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents
  expected. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor 
  coastal flooding expected.

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

* WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM CDT this morning
  through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, from 7 
  AM CDT this morning through 3 PM 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. Rip currents can 
  sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Coastal flooding will be most likely around
  high tide, which will occur at 10:46 AM this morning. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

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.

&&

$$

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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.