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Rip Current Statement 40, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 14, 2024, 3:20 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2024, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 63 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 09:19 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, 9.3 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
147 WHUS44 KBRO 140920 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 320 AM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 TXZ451-454-455-141730- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0040.241214T0920Z-241216T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 320 AM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
604 WHUS44 KBRO 141512 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 912 AM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 TXZ451-454-455-142315- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241216T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 912 AM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
109 WHUS44 KBRO 142145 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 345 PM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 TXZ451-454-455-150545- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241216T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 345 PM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
532 WHUS44 KBRO 150309 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 909 PM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 TXZ451-454-455-151200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241216T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 909 PM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
961 WHUS44 KBRO 150833 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 233 AM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 TXZ451-454-455-151800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241217T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 233 AM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
715 WHUS44 KBRO 151645 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1045 AM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 TXZ451-454-455-160045- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241217T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1045 AM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
775 WHUS44 KBRO 152345 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 545 PM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 TXZ451-454-455-161200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241217T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 545 PM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
373 WHUS44 KBRO 160915 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 315 AM CST Mon Dec 16 2024 TXZ451-454-455-170000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-241217T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 315 AM CST Mon Dec 16 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 8:43 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 9 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.