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Rip Current Statement 59, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 18, 2021, 2:49 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 18, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2021, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2021, 12:00 PM 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 08:53 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, 8.8 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
- 1436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
189 WHUS44 KBRO 180849 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 249 AM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 TXZ256-257-351-191200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0059.211118T1800Z-211119T1800Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 249 AM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...From noon CST today through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
034 WHUS44 KBRO 181610 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1010 AM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 TXZ256-257-351-190015- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0059.211118T1800Z-211119T1800Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1010 AM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
094 WHUS44 KBRO 190836 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 236 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 TXZ256-257-351-191800- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0059.000000T0000Z-211119T1800Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 236 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 6:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 46 min |
| Nov 18, 6:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 62 min |
| Nov 18, 8:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 34 min |
| Nov 18, 8:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 59 min |
| Nov 18, 9:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 116 min |
| Nov 18, 12:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 54 min |
| Nov 18, 12:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 58 min |
| Nov 18, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| Nov 18, 12:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 51 min |
| Nov 18, 1:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 65 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.