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Rip Current Statement 52, NWS Brownsville, TX

December 29, 2022Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 29, 2022, 2:58 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 29, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 29, 2022, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 30, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
In force
24 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 09:01 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, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WHUS44 KBRO 290858
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
258 AM CST Thu Dec 29 2022

TXZ451-454-455-301200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0052.221229T1200Z-221230T1200Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
258 AM CST Thu Dec 29 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 10:55 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBROCameron, Willacy4 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.