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Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 9, 2022, 2:42 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 9, 2022, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2022, 2:42 AM CST (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2022, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2022, 3:35 AM CST
- In force
- 43 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
- 1156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
748 WHUS44 KBRO 090842 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 242 AM CST Wed Nov 9 2022 TXZ451-454-455-092100- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0044.221109T1500Z-221111T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 242 AM CST Wed Nov 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM CST this morning through Thursday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
052 WHUS44 KBRO 092036 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 236 PM CST Wed Nov 9 2022 TXZ451-454-455-100615- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0017.221109T2200Z-221110T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-221111T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 236 PM CST Wed Nov 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Thursday afternoon. For the Coastal Flood Statement, until midnight CST tonight. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS..High tide for Wednesday November 9th is at 6:35 pm. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
303 WHUS44 KBRO 100930 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 330 AM CST Thu Nov 10 2022 TXZ451-454-455-102100- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0018.221110T2100Z-221111T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-221111T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 330 AM CST Thu Nov 10 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. For the Coastal Flood Statement, from 3 PM CST this afternoon through late tonight. * 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 is at 7:53 PM this evening. 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. && $$
370 WHUS44 KBRO 101854 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1254 PM CST Thu Nov 10 2022 TXZ451-454-455-110800- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-221111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0018.221110T2100Z-221111T0800Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1254 PM CST Thu Nov 10 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS..High tide is at 7:53 PM Thursday evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
671 WHUS44 KBRO 110810 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 210 AM CST Fri Nov 11 2022 TXZ451-454-455-111200- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0018.000000T0000Z-221111T0800Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-221111T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 210 AM CST Fri Nov 11 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Water levels along the lower Texas coast have lowered after the high tide cycle. Additional Coastal Flood Statements may be needed near high tide at 9 PM this evening, and into Friday night as a cold front with strong northerly winds arrives into Saturday morning. Narrow beaches may become more narrow or impassable again Friday evening into Saturday morning. $$
514 WHUS44 KBRO 110935 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 335 AM CST Fri Nov 11 2022 TXZ451-454-455-111045- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-221111T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 335 AM CST Fri Nov 11 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... There is a Moderate Risk of rip currents expected along the lower Texas coast this morning into this evening. Life threatening rip currents are expected to return tonight into Saturday with the arrival of a cold front, strong northern winds, and elevated seas. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2:36 PM CST | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 9 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.