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Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2021, 3:45 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 26, 2021, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2021, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 09:44 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, 9.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
022 WHUS44 KBRO 260945 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 345 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021 TXZ256-257-351-261745- /O.CAN.KBRO.CF.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-211126T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0063.211126T1200Z-211127T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 345 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Observed water levels from SPI Brazos Santiago have remained below Coastal Flood Advisory levels, even during high tide, which occurred late Thursday evening. Therefore, the Coastal Flood Advisory has been cancelled. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
356 WHUS44 KBRO 261748 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1148 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021 TXZ256-257-351-270000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-211127T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1148 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.