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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 29, 2021, 2:31 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2021, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 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 07:32 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, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
499 WHUS44 KBRO 290731 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 231 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021 TXZ256-257-351-291545- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0005.210429T1100Z-210429T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0023.210429T1200Z-210430T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 231 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, from 6 AM to 11 AM CDT this morning. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * 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. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
872 WHUS44 KBRO 291603 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1103 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021 TXZ256-257-351-300000- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210429T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-210430T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1103 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM CDT this morning through 7 PM this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:31 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 8 hr |
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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.