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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 31, 2023, 3:45 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2023, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 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 09:43 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, 9.8 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
346 WHUS44 KBRO 310945 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 345 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023 TXZ451-454-455-311800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0006.230201T0000Z-230202T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 345 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Wednesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
726 WHUS44 KBRO 311528 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 928 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023 TXZ451-454-455-010315- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.230201T0000Z-230202T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 928 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
305 WHUS44 KBRO 010311 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 911 PM CST Tue Jan 31 2023 TXZ451-454-455-011115- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230202T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 911 PM CST Tue Jan 31 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
419 WHUS44 KBRO 010908 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 308 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023 TXZ451-454-455-021200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230203T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 308 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
078 WHUS44 KBRO 020747 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 147 AM CST Thu Feb 2 2023 TXZ451-454-455-031200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230204T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 147 AM CST Thu Feb 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * 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. && $$
947 WHUS44 KBRO 030915 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 315 AM CST Fri Feb 3 2023 TXZ451-454-455-040000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230204T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 315 AM CST Fri Feb 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 32 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.