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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 11, 2021, 4:44 PM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2021, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 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 22:46 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, 10.7 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
324 WHUS44 KBRO 112244 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 444 PM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 TXZ256-257-351-120645- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0064.211211T2244Z-211212T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 444 PM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ 53
3 follow-up statements
586 WHUS44 KBRO 120701 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 101 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 TXZ256-257-351-121200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-211212T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 101 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
401 WHUS44 KBRO 120921 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 321 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 TXZ256-257-351-121800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-211213T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 321 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
113 WHUS44 KBRO 121736 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1136 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 TXZ256-257-351-130000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-211213T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1136 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Castillo
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:03 PM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 22 hr | |
| Dec 10, 8:03 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 14 hr | |
| Dec 11, 2:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 15 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:13 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 17 hr |
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.