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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 1, 2024, 4:11 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 1, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2024, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
413 WHUS44 KBRO 010911 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 411 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024 TXZ451-454-455-012200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0014.240401T1200Z-240402T0600Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 411 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024 ...HIGH LONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous south to north longshore currents with embedded rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents and embedded rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The combination of southerly swell direction and building surf waves to 5 feet will push swimmers rapidly up the shoreline from south to north, especially at beaches of Cameron and Willacy County. A combination of longshore and rip currents are likely along Padre Island National Seashore in Kenedy County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the breaking waves. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 4:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 15 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.