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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2023, 3:08 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 8 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2023, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 3514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
902 WHUS44 KBRO 140808 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 308 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023 TXZ451-454-455-151000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0023.230614T0808Z-230616T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 308 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
607 WHUS44 KBRO 150736 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 236 AM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 TXZ451-454-455-161000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230617T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 236 AM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
863 WHUS44 KBRO 160917 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 417 AM CDT Fri Jun 16 2023 TXZ451-454-455-171000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230618T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 417 AM CDT Fri Jun 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$
355 WHUS44 KBRO 170920 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 420 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023 TXZ451-454-455-181000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230619T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 420 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
832 WHUS44 KBRO 180908 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 408 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 TXZ451-454-455-190930- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230620T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 408 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
102 WHUS44 KBRO 190842 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 342 AM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023 TXZ451-454-455-201200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230620T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 342 AM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
975 WHUS44 KBRO 200817 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 317 AM CDT Tue Jun 20 2023 TXZ451-454-455-220000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230622T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 317 AM CDT Tue Jun 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
560 WHUS44 KBRO 210828 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 328 AM CDT Wed Jun 21 2023 TXZ451-454-455-220000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230622T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 328 AM CDT Wed Jun 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous longshore and rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...South to north longshore currents can move swimmers quickly up the beach, away from their entry points. Rip currents combined with the longshore currents can cause difficulty for swimmers to reach shore if caught out in deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The combination of longshore and rip currents is most pronounced in breaks or weaknesses in the sandbar. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. The best thing to do is to remain in shallower water, with feet anchored into the sand. If caught in dangerous currents, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim toward the shoreline in the direction of breaking waves. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:03 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 18 hr | |
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 23 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr | 12 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.