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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 13, 2022Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 13, 2022, 6:19 PM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2022, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 2022, 6:00 AM 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 00:23 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, 0.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

154 
WHUS44 KBRO 140041 AAA
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
641 PM CST Sun Feb 13 2022

TXZ256-257-351-141200-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220214T1200Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
641 PM CST Sun Feb 13 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.