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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Brownsville, TX

November 13, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 13, 2021, 7:18 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2021, 7:18 AM CST (13:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2021, 6:59 AM CST
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 13:20 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, 1.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WHUS44 KBRO 131318
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
718 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

TXZ256-257-351-132130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0058.211113T1318Z-211114T1300Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
718 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

Castillo
2 follow-up statements
612 
WHUS44 KBRO 132356
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
556 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

TXZ256-257-351-140800-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-211114T1300Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
556 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
842 
WHUS44 KBRO 141259
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
659 AM CST Sun Nov 14 2021

TXZ256-257-351-141400-
/O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-211114T1300Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
659 AM CST Sun Nov 14 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The risk for high rip currents has ended. There is still a
moderate risk of rip currents today. 

$$

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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.