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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2024, 2:40 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 30, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2024, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 30, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 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 07:42 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, 7.7 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
- 2297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
325 WHUS44 KBRO 300740 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 240 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 TXZ451-454-455-011200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0025.240630T0800Z-240701T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 240 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
183 WHUS44 KBRO 010751 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 251 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024 TXZ451-454-455-011200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-240701T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 251 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 24 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.