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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2024, 2:49 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2024, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- 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 08:50 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, 8.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
178 WHUS44 KBRO 090849 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 249 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024 TXZ451-454-455-091800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0011.240309T1200Z-240310T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 249 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through Sunday morning. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
637 WHUS44 KBRO 091503 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 903 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024 TXZ451-454-455-101200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240310T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 903 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
138 WHUS44 KBRO 101149 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 649 AM CDT Sun Mar 10 2024 TXZ451-454-455-101300- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240310T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 649 AM CDT Sun Mar 10 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... Surf conditions are expected to continue to improve into the new week. Dangerous and life-threatening rip currents remain possible, especially near the jetties. $$
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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.