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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 9, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 9, 2021, 2:18 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 9, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2021, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 9, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 9, 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 07:19 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, 7.3 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: 1447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

602 
WHUS44 KBRO 090718
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
218 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

TXZ256-257-351-100000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0038.210709T1200Z-210710T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
218 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 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.

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.

&&

$$

BA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	56 min
Jul 9, 1:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	118 min
Jul 9, 3:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	6 hr
Jul 9, 4:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	43 min
Jul 9, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	42 min
Jul 9, 5:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	2 hr
Jul 9, 5:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		46 min
Jul 9, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	38 min
Jul 9, 5:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	4 hr
Jul 9, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		54 min
Jul 9, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		25 min
Jul 9, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		51 min
Jul 9, 6:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	3 hr
Jul 9, 7:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		55 min
Jul 9, 9:16 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	BRO		4 hr
Jul 9, 9:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	4 hr
Jul 9, 9:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	4 hr
Jul 9, 9:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	4 hr
Jul 9, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	48 min
Jul 9, 3:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	26 min
Jul 9, 3:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	13 min
Jul 9, 3:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	42 min
Jul 9, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	2 hr
Jul 9, 4:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Willacy	51 min
Jul 9, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	51 min
Jul 9, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kenedy	50 min
Jul 9, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	51 min
Jul 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kleberg	16 min
Jul 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kenedy	14 min
Jul 9, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Kenedy, Willacy	51 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.