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Rip Current Statement 51, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 13, 2021, 3:56 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 13, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2021, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 08:57 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, 8.9 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
- 2217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
513 WHUS44 KBRO 130856 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 356 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 TXZ256-257-351-131800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0051.211013T1200Z-211014T0200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 356 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 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...Conditions are expected to deteriorate through the day. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
077 WHUS44 KBRO 131912 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 212 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 TXZ256-257-351-140200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-211014T0200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 212 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Conditions are expected to deteriorate through the day. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
811 WHUS44 KBRO 140133 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 833 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 TXZ256-257-351-140945- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-211014T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 833 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The hazardous conditions are expected to persist through the night. 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.