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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 12, 2022, 3:55 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 12, 2022, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2022, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2022, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 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 09:55 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, 9.9 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
499 WHUS44 KBRO 120955 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 355 AM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 TXZ256-257-351-121900- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0014.220212T2200Z-220214T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 355 AM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...From this afternoon through Sunday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
702 WHUS44 KBRO 130409 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1009 PM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 TXZ256-257-351-131300- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-220214T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1009 PM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
423 WHUS44 KBRO 130958 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 358 AM CST Sun Feb 13 2022 TXZ256-257-351-140000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-220214T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 358 AM CST Sun Feb 13 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
230 WHUS44 KBRO 140019 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 619 PM CST Sun Feb 13 2022 TXZ256-257-351-141200- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-220214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0015.220214T0019Z-220214T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 619 PM CST Sun Feb 13 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:53 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 17 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:06 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 3 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:56 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 24 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.