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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 23, 2023, 3:12 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 23, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2023, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 23, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 08:13 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, 8.2 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
- 873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
194 WHUS44 KBRO 230812 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 312 AM CDT Mon Oct 23 2023 TXZ451-454-455-250000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0030.231024T0000Z-231025T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 312 AM CDT Mon Oct 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
869 WHUS44 KBRO 240806 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 306 AM CDT Tue Oct 24 2023 TXZ451-454-455-260000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-231026T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 306 AM CDT Tue Oct 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 3:06 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 40 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.