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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 6, 2025, 3:26 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2025, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 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 08:28 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, 8.4 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
- 2477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
611 WHUS44 KBRO 060826 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 326 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025 TXZ451-454-455-061800- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0020.250506T0826Z-250508T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 326 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
878 WHUS44 KBRO 062248 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 548 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025 TXZ451-454-455-070930- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-250508T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 548 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
779 WHUS44 KBRO 070844 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 344 AM CDT Wed May 7 2025 TXZ451-454-455-080000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-250508T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 344 AM CDT Wed May 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
004 WHUS44 KBRO 072139 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 439 PM CDT Wed May 7 2025 TXZ451-454-455-081200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-250508T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 439 PM CDT Wed May 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
537 WHUS44 KBRO 081152 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 652 AM CDT Thu May 8 2025 TXZ451-454-455-081300- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-250508T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 652 AM CDT Thu May 8 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... Seas are subsiding and no longer support a High Risk of Rip Currents. A Moderate Risk of Rip Currents will continue at local beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:40 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 14 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.