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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 2, 2023, 1:24 PM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2023, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2023, 6:00 PM 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 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
338 WHUS44 KBRO 021924 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 124 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023 TXZ451-454-455-030330- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0012.230303T0000Z-230304T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 124 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening 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. && $$ 53
1 follow-up statement
180 WHUS44 KBRO 030114 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 714 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023 TXZ451-454-455-031200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230304T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 714 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:30 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 36 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.