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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 8, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 8, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 8, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 8, 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 09:03 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, 9.0 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
360 WHUS44 KBRO 080900 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 400 AM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021 TXZ256-257-351-081700- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0037.210708T1200Z-210709T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 400 AM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
377 WHUS44 KBRO 081917 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 217 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021 TXZ256-257-351-090000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-210709T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 217 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 12:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 10 hr | |
| Jul 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.