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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 9, 2025Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2025, 4:08 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2025, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 09:10 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, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1923 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

109 
WHUS44 KBRO 090908
CFWBRO

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
408 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025

TXZ451-454-455-100000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0021.250509T0908Z-250510T0000Z/
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island-
408 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO42 min
May 8, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBROCameron, Hidalgo52 min
May 8, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBROCameron, Hidalgo41 min
May 8, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron25 min
May 8, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata34 min
May 8, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg39 min
May 8, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy19 min
May 8, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy51 min
May 8, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO29 min
May 8, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy40 min
May 8, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO53 min
May 8, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO32 min
May 8, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy47 min
May 8, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO26 min
May 8, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron46 min
May 9, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO115 min
May 9, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO36 min
May 9, 1:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron104 min
May 9, 4:03 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO14 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.