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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 21, 2023, 3:35 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2023, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2023, 2:39 AM CST
- In force
- 57 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 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223 WHUS44 KBRO 210935 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 335 AM CST Tue Feb 21 2023 TXZ451-454-455-220000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0011.230222T0000Z-230223T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 335 AM CST Tue Feb 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Wednesday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
350 WHUS44 KBRO 212352 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 552 PM CST Tue Feb 21 2023 TXZ451-454-455-221400- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0011.230222T0000Z-230223T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 552 PM CST Tue Feb 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
173 WHUS44 KBRO 220946 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 346 AM CST Wed Feb 22 2023 TXZ451-454-455-230015- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230223T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 346 AM CST Wed Feb 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * 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. && $$
666 WHUS44 KBRO 230925 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 325 AM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 TXZ451-454-455-231800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230225T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 325 AM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
850 WHUS44 KBRO 231922 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 122 PM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 TXZ451-454-455-241000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230225T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 122 PM CST Thu Feb 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
096 WHUS44 KBRO 240839 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 239 AM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 TXZ451-454-455-240945- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230225T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 239 AM CST Fri Feb 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Wave heights and swell period have fallen below criteria, therefore the high rip current risk has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 3:51 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 47 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 26 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.