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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 10, 2022Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 10, 2022, 2:32 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2022, 2:32 AM CST (08:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2245 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

400 
WHUS44 KBRO 100832
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
232 AM CST Mon Jan 10 2022

TXZ256-257-351-102100-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0005.220110T0832Z-220112T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
232 AM CST Mon Jan 10 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
565 
WHUS44 KBRO 102047
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
247 PM CST Mon Jan 10 2022

TXZ256-257-351-110500-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220112T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
247 PM CST Mon Jan 10 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

&&

$$
385 
WHUS44 KBRO 110928
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
328 AM CST Tue Jan 11 2022

TXZ256-257-351-120000-
/O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220112T0000Z/
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-
328 AM CST Tue Jan 11 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through this 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 6:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks64 min
Jan 9, 6:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo65 min
Jan 9, 7:20 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningBRO55 min
Jan 9, 10:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron36 min
Jan 9, 10:19 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningBRO56 min
Jan 9, 10:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron45 min
Jan 9, 11:05 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron55 min
Jan 9, 11:15 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron60 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.