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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 4, 2023, 4:15 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2023, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2023, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2023, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2023, 4:11 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 09:15 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, 9.3 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
- 1223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
899 WHUS44 KBRO 040915 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 415 AM CDT Tue Apr 4 2023 TXZ451-454-455-050000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0017.230404T1000Z-230406T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 415 AM CDT Tue Apr 4 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
386 WHUS44 KBRO 042023 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 323 PM CDT Tue Apr 4 2023 TXZ451-454-455-060000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230406T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 323 PM CDT Tue Apr 4 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
079 WHUS44 KBRO 050858 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 358 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 TXZ451-454-455-051700- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230407T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 358 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * 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. && $$
918 WHUS44 KBRO 052059 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 359 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 TXZ451-454-455-070000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230407T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 359 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
632 WHUS44 KBRO 060623 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 123 AM CDT Thu Apr 6 2023 TXZ451-454-455-061500- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230408T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 123 AM CDT Thu Apr 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * 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. && $$
685 WHUS44 KBRO 062027 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 327 PM CDT Thu Apr 6 2023 TXZ451-454-455-080000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230408T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 327 PM CDT Thu Apr 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
002 WHUS44 KBRO 070813 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 313 AM CDT Fri Apr 7 2023 TXZ451-454-455-071615- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230408T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 313 AM CDT Fri Apr 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$
375 WHUS44 KBRO 080911 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 411 AM CDT Sat Apr 8 2023 TXZ451-454-455-081015- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230408T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 411 AM CDT Sat Apr 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A Moderate risk of rip currents is now in effect along the Lower Texas Coast. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:11 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 21 hr | |
| Apr 4, 5:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 13 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.