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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2022, 4:41 PM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 29, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2022, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2022, 10:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 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 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 1714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
906 WHUS44 KBRO 292141 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 441 PM CDT Sun May 29 2022 TXZ451-454-455-310000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0035.220530T0000Z-220531T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 441 PM CDT Sun May 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
662 WHUS44 KBRO 300830 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 330 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 TXZ451-454-455-010000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220601T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 330 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
520 WHUS44 KBRO 310834 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 334 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ451-454-455-311645- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 334 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
320 WHUS44 KBRO 311228 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 728 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ451-454-455-010000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 728 AM CDT Tue May 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
363 WHUS44 KBRO 010323 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1023 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022 TXZ451-454-455-010430- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-220602T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1023 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Buoy observations east of Padre Island indicate that swells and swell periods have lowered the last several hours and are expected to continue lowering overnight as the pressure gradient across the Western Gulf continues to weaken. Rip Current risk is now in the moderate level and will persist at these conditions overnight and into Wednesday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:44 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 39 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.