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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 6:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 64 min |
| Jan 9, 6:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 65 min |
| Jan 9, 7:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 55 min | |
| Jan 9, 10:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 10:19 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 56 min | |
| Jan 9, 10:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 45 min |
| Jan 9, 11:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 55 min |
| Jan 9, 11:15 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 60 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.