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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Oct 30, 2024, 4:41 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 30, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2024, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 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 09:42 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, 9.7 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
- 753 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
335 WHUS44 KBRO 300941 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 441 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 TXZ451-454-455-302100- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0031.241030T1100Z-241031T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 441 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous longshore with embedded rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can push people quickly up the shoreline, well away from their entry point. Embedded rip currents can keep even the best swimmers from being able to swim back to shore. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...South to north longshore currents will be dominant through tonight. Warm surf temperatures...at or above 80 degrees...are warm enough for most swimmers to enter the water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you are not certain of your swimming ability, only venture into the surf to knee deep. If caught in a longshore current, swim back to shore in the direction of the waves. Don't swim against the current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 52/BSG
4 follow-up statements
013 WHUS44 KBRO 302041 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 341 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 TXZ451-454-455-310445- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-241031T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 341 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous longshore with embedded rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can push people quickly up the shoreline, well away from their entry point. Embedded rip currents can keep even the best swimmers from being able to swim back to shore. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...South to north longshore currents will be dominant through tonight. Warm surf temperatures...at or above 80 degrees...are warm enough for most swimmers to enter the water.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you are not certain of your swimming ability, only venture into the surf to knee deep. If caught in a longshore current, swim back to shore in the direction of the waves. Don't swim against the current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
756 WHUS44 KBRO 310254 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 954 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 TXZ451-454-455-311100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-241031T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 954 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous longshore with embedded rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can push people quickly up the shoreline, well away from their entry point. Embedded rip currents can keep even the best swimmers from being able to swim back to shore. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...South to north longshore currents will be dominant through tonight. Warm surf temperatures...at or above 80 degrees...are warm enough for most swimmers to enter the water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you are not certain of your swimming ability, only venture into the surf to knee deep. If caught in a longshore current, swim back to shore in the direction of the waves. Don't swim against the current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
002 WHUS44 KBRO 310709 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 209 AM CDT Thu Oct 31 2024 TXZ451-454-455-311515- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-241101T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 209 AM CDT Thu Oct 31 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
290 WHUS44 KBRO 312050 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 350 PM CDT Thu Oct 31 2024 TXZ451-454-455-010000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-241101T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 350 PM CDT Thu Oct 31 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT 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. && $$
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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.