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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 28, 2024, 9:06 PM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2024, 9:06 PM CST (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 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 03:08 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, 3.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
808 WHUS44 KBRO 290306 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 906 PM CST Thu Nov 28 2024 TXZ451-454-455-291115- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0037.241129T0306Z-241130T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 906 PM CST Thu Nov 28 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
592 WHUS44 KBRO 290937 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 337 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 TXZ451-454-455-291800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-241201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 337 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
216 WHUS44 KBRO 291510 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 910 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 TXZ451-454-455-292315- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-241201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 910 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday afternoon. * 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. && $$
691 WHUS44 KBRO 292239 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 439 PM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 TXZ451-454-455-300645- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-241201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 439 PM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
453 WHUS44 KBRO 300323 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 923 PM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 TXZ451-454-455-301130- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-241201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 923 PM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday afternoon. * 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. && $$
887 WHUS44 KBRO 301009 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 409 AM CST Sat Nov 30 2024 TXZ451-454-455-010000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-241201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 409 AM CST Sat Nov 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 12:33 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 3 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.