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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2025, 1:54 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2025, 1:54 AM CST (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2025, 2:11 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 07:57 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, 7.9 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
816 WHUS44 KBRO 090754 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 154 AM CST Sun Mar 9 2025 TXZ451-454-455-101200- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0013.250309T1200Z-250310T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 154 AM CST Sun Mar 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through 7 AM CDT Monday morning. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
703 WHUS44 KBRO 100711 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 211 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 TXZ451-454-455-100815- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250310T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 211 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Surf conditions are expected to continue to improve through this morning. Life-threatening rip currents are always possible near the jetties. $$ 56
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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.