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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2022, 3:40 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2022, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2022, 6:09 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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 08:41 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, 8.7 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
- 2719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
125 WHUS44 KBRO 090840 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 340 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ451-454-455-091645- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0033.220509T1200Z-220510T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 340 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Tuesday 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. && $$ Castillo
5 follow-up statements
632 WHUS44 KBRO 091403 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 903 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ451-454-455-100015- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-220510T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 903 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
971 WHUS44 KBRO 100140 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 840 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022 TXZ451-454-455-101200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-220510T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 840 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Tuesday. * 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. && $$
525 WHUS44 KBRO 100858 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 358 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 TXZ451-454-455-101700- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-220511T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 358 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Castillo
931 WHUS44 KBRO 110204 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 904 PM CDT Tue May 10 2022 TXZ451-454-455-111015- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-220511T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 904 PM CDT Tue May 10 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Wednesday. * 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. && $$
306 WHUS44 KBRO 111109 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 609 AM CDT Wed May 11 2022 TXZ451-454-455-111215- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-220511T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 609 AM CDT Wed May 11 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Winds, waves and swell are not meeting high rip current risk criteria this morning and with conditions remaining persistent or even lowering slightly will drop the rip current risk to moderate for today. Even though the risk for rip currents has been lowered there remains a risk of some rip currents especially near the jetties. Swimmers should remain near shore and use a floating device when going into the water. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 16 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.