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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 1, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 1, 2021, 8:31 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2021, 8:31 AM CST (14:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 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 14:34 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, 2.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WHUS44 KBRO 011431
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
831 AM CST Mon Mar 1 2021

TXZ256-257-351-020000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0006.210301T1431Z-210302T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
831 AM CST Mon Mar 1 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:44 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO38 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.