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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2025, 3:22 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 13, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2025, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 08:25 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
906 WHUS44 KBRO 130822 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 322 AM CDT Tue May 13 2025 TXZ451-454-455-131730- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0022.250514T0000Z-250515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 322 AM CDT Tue May 13 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
086 WHUS44 KBRO 131412 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 912 AM CDT Tue May 13 2025 TXZ451-454-455-140300- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0022.250514T0000Z-250515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 912 AM CDT Tue May 13 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
385 WHUS44 KBRO 140209 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 909 PM CDT Tue May 13 2025 TXZ451-454-455-141200- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-250515T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 909 PM CDT Tue May 13 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
520 WHUS44 KBRO 140833 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 333 AM CDT Wed May 14 2025 TXZ451-454-455-151200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-250516T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 333 AM CDT Wed May 14 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
194 WHUS44 KBRO 150655 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 155 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 TXZ451-454-455-160000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-250516T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 155 AM CDT Thu May 15 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. && $$
284 WHUS44 KBRO 160000 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 700 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 TXZ451-454-455-160100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-250516T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 700 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Seas are subsiding and no longer support a High Risk of Rip Currents. A Moderate Risk of Rip Currents will continue at local beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:12 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 63 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.