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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2021, 5:37 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2021, 5:37 AM CST (11:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 11:41 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, 11.6 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
904 WHUS44 KBRO 111137 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 537 AM CST Thu Mar 11 2021 TXZ256-257-351-120000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0008.210311T1137Z-210312T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 537 AM CST Thu Mar 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
883 WHUS44 KBRO 112000 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 200 PM CST Thu Mar 11 2021 TXZ256-257-351-121200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210312T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 200 PM CST Thu Mar 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, including strong longshore currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Longshore currents may also move swimmers swiftly along, or parallel to the beach and may intensify typical rip currents, which move swimmers away from the beach. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
133 WHUS44 KBRO 120900 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 300 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 TXZ256-257-351-130000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210313T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 300 AM CST Fri Mar 12 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. Longshore currents may also move swimmers swiftly along, or parallel to the beach and may intensify typical rip currents, which move swimmers away from the beach. 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. && $$
758 WHUS44 KBRO 121941 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 141 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 TXZ256-257-351-130345- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210313T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 141 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
773 WHUS44 KBRO 130313 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 913 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 TXZ256-257-351-131200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210313T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 913 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM Saturday. * 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. && $$ 53
331 WHUS44 KBRO 130925 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 325 AM CST Sat Mar 13 2021 TXZ256-257-351-131800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210315T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 325 AM CST Sat Mar 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
135 WHUS44 KBRO 131917 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 117 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021 TXZ256-257-351-140315- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210315T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 117 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ Speece
900 WHUS44 KBRO 140310 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 910 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021 TXZ256-257-351-141200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210315T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 910 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Mejia
378 WHUS44 KBRO 140848 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 348 AM CDT Sun Mar 14 2021 TXZ256-257-351-150000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210315T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 348 AM CDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
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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.