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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Apr 17, 2025, 3:46 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2025, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2025, 4:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 08:44 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, 8.8 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -681 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
047 WHUS44 KBRO 170846 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 346 AM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 TXZ451-454-455-171800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0018.250417T1200Z-250419T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 346 AM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Friday evening. * 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
665 WHUS44 KBRO 180716 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 216 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025 TXZ451-454-455-191200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250420T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 216 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
692 WHUS44 KBRO 181403 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 903 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025 TXZ451-454-455-190000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250420T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 903 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * 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. && $$
852 WHUS44 KBRO 190239 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 939 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025 TXZ451-454-455-191100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250420T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 939 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
247 WHUS44 KBRO 190659 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 159 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025 TXZ451-454-455-200800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250421T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 159 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * 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. && $$
606 WHUS44 KBRO 200845 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 345 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025 TXZ451-454-455-201800- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250421T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 345 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
222 WHUS44 KBRO 201732 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1232 PM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025 TXZ451-454-455-210600- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250421T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1232 PM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
839 WHUS44 KBRO 210905 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 405 AM CDT Mon Apr 21 2025 TXZ451-454-455-211015- /O.CAN.KBRO.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250421T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 405 AM CDT Mon Apr 21 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Buoy observations along the Lower Texas Coast indicate that seas are steadily subsiding. As a result, the High Risk of rip currents for the local beaches has been cancelled a few hours early. However, there is a Moderate Risk of rip currents at the local beaches today due to elevated seas. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 17 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.