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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 12, 2023, 11:04 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2023, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 16:05 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, 4.1 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
756 WHUS44 KBRO 121604 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1104 AM CDT Thu Oct 12 2023 TXZ451-454-455-130000- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0017.231012T1604Z-231013T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0028.231012T1604Z-231013T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1104 AM CDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties especially along the narrow beaches at public access points of the city. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
814 WHUS44 KBRO 130000 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 700 PM CDT Thu Oct 12 2023 TXZ451-454-455-130100- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0017.000000T0000Z-231013T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-231013T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 700 PM CDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The rip current risk has been allowed to expire due to lowering swells and seas. Continue to use caution at area beaches as there remains a moderate risk of rip currents. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 11:04 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 8 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.