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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2024, 4:00 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 5, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2024, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2024, 3:19 AM CST
- In force
- 21 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 09:59 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, 10.0 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
- 4179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
146 WHUS44 KBRO 051000 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 400 AM CST Mon Feb 5 2024 TXZ451-454-455-060000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0006.240205T1200Z-240206T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 400 AM CST Mon Feb 5 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Predicted tides for South Padre Island TODAY...A LOW AT 4:27 AM. A HIGH AT 3:56 PM. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
259 WHUS44 KBRO 060919 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 319 AM CST Tue Feb 6 2024 TXZ451-454-455-061030- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-240206T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 319 AM CST Tue Feb 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Winds have diminished along the Lower Texas coast overnight, now running at 5 to 10 mph. Surf waves are also dropping, and will likely fall to between 2 and 4 feet later this morning. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 6:03 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.