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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 3, 2023Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 3, 2023, 3:57 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2023, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
In force
14 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 10:00 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, 10.0 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 2023-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1863 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 2023-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted.

625 
WHUS44 KBRO 030957
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
357 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

TXZ451-454-455-040000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.230103T1000Z-230104T0000Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
357 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

&&

$$

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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.