Alert archive / Texas / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 12, 2023, 3:39 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 12, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2023, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2023, 4:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 3775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted.
102 WHUS44 KBRO 120839 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 339 AM CDT Fri May 12 2023 TXZ451-454-455-130000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0022.230513T0000Z-230514T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 339 AM CDT Fri May 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Saturday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
995 WHUS44 KBRO 130437 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1137 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023 TXZ451-454-455-131245- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1137 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
435 WHUS44 KBRO 130440 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...RESENT National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1140 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023 TXZ451-454-455-131245- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1140 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
784 WHUS44 KBRO 130701 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 201 AM CDT Sat May 13 2023 TXZ451-454-455-140615- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 201 AM CDT Sat May 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
178 WHUS44 KBRO 140343 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1043 PM CDT Sat May 13 2023 TXZ451-454-455-141000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1043 PM CDT Sat May 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
314 WHUS44 KBRO 140503 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1203 AM CDT Sun May 14 2023 TXZ451-454-455-151200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1203 AM CDT Sun May 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
594 WHUS44 KBRO 142103 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 403 PM CDT Sun May 14 2023 TXZ451-454-455-142215- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 403 PM CDT Sun May 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Seas and swells have subsiding and winds remain light over the near shore waters of the Lower Texas coast. The high risk of rip currents has abated but remains moderate for the rest of the day and tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 11:17 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 23 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2023Every rip current statement in 2023
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.