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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 3, 2022Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 3, 2022, 4:03 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2022, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2022, 4:00 PM CST
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 10:07 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, 10.1 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 2022-01-03Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

230 
WHUS44 KBRO 031003
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
403 AM CST Mon Jan 3 2022

TXZ256-257-351-032200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0003.220103T1003Z-220103T2200Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
403 AM CST Mon Jan 3 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 4 PM CST this 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 8:09 AM CSTFreeze WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy and 1 more51 min

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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.