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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 17, 2023, 2:51 PM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2023, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2023, 7:00 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 19:52 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, 7.9 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
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
364 WHUS44 KBRO 171951 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 251 PM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023 TXZ451-454-455-190000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0019.230418T0000Z-230419T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 251 PM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through Tuesday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
566 WHUS44 KBRO 180859 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 359 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023 TXZ451-454-455-190000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-230420T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 359 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
033 WHUS44 KBRO 182329 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 629 PM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023 TXZ451-454-455-191100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-230420T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 629 PM CDT Tue Apr 18 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. && $$
129 WHUS44 KBRO 190754 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 254 AM CDT Wed Apr 19 2023 TXZ451-454-455-201200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-230420T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 254 AM CDT Wed Apr 19 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
627 WHUS44 KBRO 200633 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 133 AM CDT Thu Apr 20 2023 TXZ451-454-455-211200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-230421T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 133 AM CDT Thu Apr 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
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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.