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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 28, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 28, 2021, 4:22 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2021, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2021, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 28, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
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 10:24 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, 10.4 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 2021-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1246 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 2021-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
1246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

467 
WHUS44 KBRO 281022
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
422 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

TXZ256-257-351-010000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0005.210228T1200Z-210301T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
422 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 10:10 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryBRO14 hr
Feb 28, 11:49 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy3 hr
Feb 28, 12:07 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryBRO29 hr

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.