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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 20, 2024, 3:15 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2024, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- 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 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
510 WHUS44 KBRO 200915 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 315 AM CST Sat Jan 20 2024 TXZ451-454-455-211200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0005.240120T1200Z-240121T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 315 AM CST Sat Jan 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
449 WHUS44 KBRO 201956 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 156 PM CST Sat Jan 20 2024 TXZ451-454-455-211200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240122T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 156 PM CST Sat Jan 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
286 WHUS44 KBRO 210929 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 329 AM CST Sun Jan 21 2024 TXZ451-454-455-211800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240123T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 329 AM CST Sun Jan 21 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. && $$
366 WHUS44 KBRO 211601 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1001 AM CST Sun Jan 21 2024 TXZ451-454-455-221200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240123T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1001 AM CST Sun Jan 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
780 WHUS44 KBRO 220928 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 328 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2024 TXZ451-454-455-222100- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240123T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 328 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
024 WHUS44 KBRO 221512 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 912 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2024 TXZ451-454-455-231200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240123T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 912 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
874 WHUS44 KBRO 230247 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 847 PM CST Mon Jan 22 2024 TXZ451-454-455-231200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240123T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 847 PM CST Mon Jan 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Tuesday. * 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.