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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Brownsville, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 66 hr | |
| Oct 23, 1:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 6 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.