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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2023, 8:25 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2023, 8:25 AM CDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 13:25 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, 1.4 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
276 WHUS44 KBRO 301325 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 825 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 TXZ451-454-455-310000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0016.230330T1325Z-230331T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 825 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ENE swell with periods of 7 to 9 seconds will lead to a High Risk of Rip Currents today. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 16 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:42 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 11 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.