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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 26, 2022, 3:52 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 26, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2022, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:51 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, 8.9 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
- 2616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
703 WHUS44 KBRO 260852 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 352 AM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022 TXZ451-454-455-270000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0030.220426T1200Z-220427T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 352 AM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
055 WHUS44 KBRO 261905 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 205 PM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022 TXZ451-454-455-270000- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0006.220426T1905Z-220427T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-220427T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 205 PM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 8:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 84 min |
| Apr 26, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 67 min | |
| Apr 26, 5:25 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 14 hr | |
| Apr 26, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 44 min | |
| Apr 26, 8:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 57 min | |
| Apr 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 5 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.