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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 15, 2024, 3:21 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2024, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 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 08:21 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, 8.4 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
666 WHUS44 KBRO 150821 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 321 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 TXZ451-454-455-170000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0018.240415T0821Z-240417T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 321 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
683 WHUS44 KBRO 160826 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 326 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 TXZ451-454-455-171200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240417T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 326 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 32 hr | |
| Apr 15, 8:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 12 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.