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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jul 6, 2024, 8:33 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2024, 8:33 AM CDT (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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
- 1856 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
105 WHUS44 KBRO 061333 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 833 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 TXZ451-454-455-090000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0026.240706T1333Z-240709T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 833 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
490 WHUS44 KBRO 070852 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 352 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 TXZ451-454-455-071800- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-240709T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 352 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
713 WHUS44 KBRO 071514 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1014 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 TXZ451-454-455-080600- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0004.240707T1514Z-240708T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-240709T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1014 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 1 AM CDT Monday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Nuisance flooding is expected, with water reaching or pushing into the dunes on South Padre Island. Vehicles, except those with four wheel drive and high wheel bases, will be unable to be driven on the beach. This includes locations north of Public Beach Access #3. Minor to moderate beach erosion is expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. 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. && $$
588 WHUS44 KBRO 080609 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 109 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 TXZ451-454-455-090000- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-240708T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0003.240708T0609Z-240709T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-240710T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 109 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, through this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
426 WHUS44 KBRO 090027 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 727 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 TXZ451-454-455-100000- /O.EXP.KBRO.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240709T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-240710T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 727 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:51 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 43 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Hurricane Warning | BRO | 36 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.