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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Aug 20, 2022, 3:42 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 20, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2022, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 20, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 08:42 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
- 609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
853 WHUS44 KBRO 200842 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 342 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 TXZ451-454-455-220000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0037.220820T1200Z-220822T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 342 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
190 WHUS44 KBRO 210909 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 409 AM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 TXZ451-454-455-220000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-220822T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 409 AM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
064 WHUS44 KBRO 212355 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 655 PM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 TXZ451-454-455-220100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-220822T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 655 PM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A Moderate Risk of Rip Currents will persist overnight into Monday. Swimmers should continue to exercise caution if entering the water. $$ 53
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 24 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.