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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 10, 2023, 3:56 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2023, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 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 09:55 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, 9.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
163 WHUS44 KBRO 100956 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 356 AM CST Fri Feb 10 2023 TXZ451-454-455-110000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0008.230210T0956Z-230211T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 356 AM CST Fri Feb 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
865 WHUS44 KBRO 110200 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 800 PM CST Fri Feb 10 2023 TXZ451-454-455-111200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-230211T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 800 PM CST Fri Feb 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
939 WHUS44 KBRO 110905 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 305 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2023 TXZ451-454-455-120000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-230212T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 305 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:01 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 24 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.