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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 25, 2022, 4:32 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2022, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
884 WHUS44 KBRO 250932 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 432 AM CDT Mon Apr 25 2022 TXZ451-454-455-251800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0029.220425T0932Z-220426T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 432 AM CDT Mon Apr 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through 7 PM 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
425 WHUS44 KBRO 251836 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 136 PM CDT Mon Apr 25 2022 TXZ451-454-455-260000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-220426T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 136 PM CDT Mon Apr 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.