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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 13, 2023, 3:42 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 13, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2023, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 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 09:43 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, 9.7 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
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203 WHUS44 KBRO 130942 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 342 AM CST Mon Feb 13 2023 TXZ451-454-455-140000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0009.230214T0000Z-230215T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 342 AM CST Mon Feb 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Tuesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
915 WHUS44 KBRO 140214 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 814 PM CST Mon Feb 13 2023 TXZ451-454-455-150000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230215T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 814 PM CST Mon Feb 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
237 WHUS44 KBRO 141000 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 400 AM CST Tue Feb 14 2023 TXZ451-454-455-150000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230215T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 400 AM CST Tue Feb 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 36 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:13 PM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 19 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:13 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 31 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.