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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 18, 2022, 3:17 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2022, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 08:20 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, 8.3 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
- 1908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
595 WHUS44 KBRO 180817 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 317 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 TXZ256-257-351-190000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0021.220318T1200Z-220319T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 317 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 9:25 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 6 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 15 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.