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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Brownsville, TX
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.
- 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
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.