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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 16, 2022, 3:16 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2022, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
539 WHUS44 KBRO 160916 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 316 AM CST Wed Feb 16 2022 TXZ256-257-351-161800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0016.220216T1200Z-220218T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 316 AM CST Wed Feb 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
746 WHUS44 KBRO 161804 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1204 PM CST Wed Feb 16 2022 TXZ256-257-351-170215- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220218T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1204 PM CST Wed Feb 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Castillo
409 WHUS44 KBRO 162245 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 445 PM CST Wed Feb 16 2022 TXZ256-257-351-180000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220218T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 445 PM CST Wed Feb 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
040 WHUS44 KBRO 170909 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 309 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 TXZ256-257-351-171800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 309 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
680 WHUS44 KBRO 171747 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1147 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 TXZ256-257-351-180330- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1147 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
968 WHUS44 KBRO 172152 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 352 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 TXZ256-257-351-190000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 352 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:21 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:48 PM CST | Gale Watch | BRO | 6 hr | |
| Feb 16, 2:52 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 29 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.