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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 24, 2021, 4:14 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2021, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2021, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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 10:18 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, 10.2 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
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
816 WHUS44 KBRO 241014 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 414 AM CST Fri Dec 24 2021 TXZ256-257-351-250000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0066.211224T1200Z-211225T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 414 AM CST Fri Dec 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Today's tide data a low at 11:57 AM and a high at 10:00 PM. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
628 WHUS44 KBRO 242146 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 346 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021 TXZ256-257-351-251200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-211225T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 346 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
867 WHUS44 KBRO 250953 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 353 AM CST Sat Dec 25 2021 TXZ256-257-351-260000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-211226T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 353 AM CST Sat Dec 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy 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.