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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Brownsville, TX

April 12, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 12, 2021, 4:25 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2021, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 09:28 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, 9.4 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-604 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

469 
WHUS44 KBRO 120925
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
425 AM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

TXZ256-257-351-121730-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0018.210412T0925Z-210413T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
425 AM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$

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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.