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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2022, 3:27 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 31, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2022, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 08:30 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, 8.5 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
- 4493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
991 WHUS44 KBRO 310827 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 327 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 TXZ256-257-351-010000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0025.220331T1200Z-220401T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 327 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
498 WHUS44 KBRO 312154 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 454 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 TXZ256-257-351-010600- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-220401T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 454 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Willacy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Kenedy Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
466 WHUS44 KBRO 010640 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 140 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 TXZ256-257-351-011200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-220401T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 140 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. * 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. && $$
161 WHUS44 KBRO 010843 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 343 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 TXZ256-257-351-020000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-220402T0000Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 343 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.