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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2021, 4:11 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at May 5, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2021, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 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 09:11 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, 9.2 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
- 1652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
165 WHUS44 KBRO 050911 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 411 AM CDT Wed May 5 2021 TXZ256-257-351-051815- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0024.210505T1200Z-210506T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 411 AM CDT Wed May 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
240 WHUS44 KBRO 051610 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1110 AM CDT Wed May 5 2021 TXZ256-257-351-060000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-210506T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1110 AM CDT Wed May 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.