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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 1, 2022, 7:49 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2022, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 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 12:51 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, 0.8 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
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
832 WHUS44 KBRO 011249 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 749 AM CDT Tue Nov 1 2022 TXZ451-454-455-021200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0043.221101T1249Z-221102T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 749 AM CDT Tue Nov 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
196 WHUS44 KBRO 020125 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 825 PM CDT Tue Nov 1 2022 TXZ451-454-455-021200- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0016.221102T0125Z-221102T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-221102T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 825 PM CDT Tue Nov 1 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...High tide at the South Padre Island Jetties is at 1:49 AM Wednesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 10:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 64 min |
| Oct 31, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 44 min | |
| Nov 1, 9:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 15 hr | |
| Nov 1, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 22 min |
| Nov 1, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 34 min |
| Nov 1, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 32 min |
| Nov 1, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 27 min |
| Nov 1, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 40 min | |
| Nov 1, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 18 min |
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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.