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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2024, 3:11 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2024, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 08:09 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, 8.2 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
- 1062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
171 WHUS44 KBRO 240811 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 311 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024 TXZ451-454-455-250000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0021.240524T1000Z-240526T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 311 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
482 WHUS44 KBRO 250832 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 332 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024 TXZ451-454-455-260000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240527T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 332 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
051 WHUS44 KBRO 260340 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1040 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024 TXZ451-454-455-270000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240527T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1040 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
397 WHUS44 KBRO 260852 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 352 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 TXZ451-454-455-270900- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 352 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
429 WHUS44 KBRO 270900 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 400 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 TXZ451-454-455-280000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 400 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
187 WHUS44 KBRO 272351 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 651 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024 TXZ451-454-455-280100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 651 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Observations along the Lower Texas Coast suggest that seas are improving, and therefore the High Risk of rip currents at the local beaches for today will be allowed to expire. However, a Moderate Risk of rip currents is in effect at the local beaches for tonight and through at least sunset Tuesday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:12 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 16 hr | |
| May 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 26 hr |
| May 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Zapata | 18 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.