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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 25, 2022Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 25, 2022, 3:53 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2022, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 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 09:51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

236 
WHUS44 KBRO 250953
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
353 AM CST Fri Feb 25 2022

TXZ256-257-351-260000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0018.220225T1200Z-220226T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
353 AM CST Fri Feb 25 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
166 
WHUS44 KBRO 251901
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
101 PM CST Fri Feb 25 2022

TXZ256-257-351-261200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-220227T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
101 PM CST Fri Feb 25 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
473 
WHUS44 KBRO 260917 AAA
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
317 AM CST Sat Feb 26 2022

TXZ256-257-351-270000-
/O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-220228T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
317 AM CST Sat Feb 26 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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.

&&

$$
180 
WHUS44 KBRO 270626
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1226 AM CST Sun Feb 27 2022

TXZ256-257-351-280000-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-220228T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
1226 AM CST Sun Feb 27 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.

&&

$$

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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.