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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 11, 2022, 1:47 PM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 11, 2022, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2022, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2022, 3:55 AM CST
- In force
- 34 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 19:50 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, 7.8 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
- 461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
866 WHUS44 KBRO 111947 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 147 PM CST Fri Nov 11 2022 TXZ451-454-455-121000- /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0005.221112T1000Z-221113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0019.221112T0000Z-221112T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0045.221112T0000Z-221113T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 147 PM CST Fri Nov 11 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 4 AM to 6 PM CST Saturday. For the Coastal Flood Statement, from 6 PM CST this evening through late tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 PM CST this evening through Saturday afternoon. * 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. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest probabilities of Coastal Flooding will occur around high tides which will occur tonight at 9:08 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
312 WHUS44 KBRO 120901 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 301 AM CST Sat Nov 12 2022 TXZ451-454-455-121815- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0019.000000T0000Z-221112T0900Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0005.221112T1000Z-221113T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-221113T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 301 AM CST Sat Nov 12 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 6 PM CST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
847 WHUS44 KBRO 121617 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1017 AM CST Sat Nov 12 2022 TXZ451-454-455-130030- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-221113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-221113T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1017 AM CST Sat Nov 12 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 8 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 6 PM CST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
990 WHUS44 KBRO 122351 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 551 PM CST Sat Nov 12 2022 TXZ451-454-455-131200- /O.EXP.KBRO.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-221113T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-221113T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 551 PM CST Sat Nov 12 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
304 WHUS44 KBRO 130955 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 355 AM CST Sun Nov 13 2022 TXZ451-454-455-131100- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-221113T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 355 AM CST Sun Nov 13 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Life threatening rip currents remain possible into next week along the lower Texas coast. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:17 AM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 31 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 26 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:47 PM CST | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 13 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:47 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 28 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.