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Rip Current Statement 50, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Sep 14, 2021, 7:27 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2021, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 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 12:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
094 WHUS44 KBRO 141227 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 727 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 TXZ256-257-351-142030- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210914T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KBRO.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210914T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0049.000000T0000Z-210914T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0018.210914T1227Z-210914T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0050.210914T1227Z-210915T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 727 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, until 10 AM CDT this morning. * 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, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
901 WHUS44 KBRO 141459 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 959 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 TXZ256-257-351-150000- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210914T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0050.000000T0000Z-210915T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 959 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:44 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 10 hr | |
| Sep 14, 7:27 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 3 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.