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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 29, 2022, 3:45 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2022, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2022, 8:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 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 08:47 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, 8.8 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
421 WHUS44 KBRO 290845 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 345 AM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 TXZ451-454-455-301200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0031.220429T0845Z-220501T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 345 AM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
407 WHUS44 KBRO 300821 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 321 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 TXZ451-454-455-011200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220502T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 321 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
579 WHUS44 KBRO 301337 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 837 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 TXZ451-454-455-301445- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220502T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 837 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Winds, waves and swell are not meeting high rip current risk criteria this morning and with conditions remaining persistent or even lowering slightly will drop the rip current risk to moderate for the remainder of the today, tonight and Sunday. Even though the risk for rip currents has been lowered there remains a risk of some rip currents especially near the jetties. Swimmers should remain near shore and use a floating device when going into the water. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:17 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 9 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.