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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 23, 2022Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 23, 2022, 2:57 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 23, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2022, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
60 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 08:00 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, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-10-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

631 
WHUS44 KBRO 230757
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
257 AM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

TXZ451-454-455-232015-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0041.221023T1200Z-221025T0000Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
257 AM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
090 
WHUS44 KBRO 231929
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
229 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

TXZ451-454-455-241200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221025T1800Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
229 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
055 
WHUS44 KBRO 240323
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1023 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

TXZ451-454-455-241000-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221025T1800Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
1023 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
700 
WHUS44 KBRO 240853
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
353 AM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

TXZ451-454-455-241800-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221025T1800Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
353 AM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
845 
WHUS44 KBRO 241741
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1241 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

TXZ451-454-455-250200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221026T0000Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
1241 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron 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.

&&

$$
956 
WHUS44 KBRO 250906
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
406 AM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022

TXZ451-454-455-260000-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221026T0000Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
406 AM CDT Tue Oct 25 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 10:00 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO66 hr
Oct 23, 1:26 PM CDTWind AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy6 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.