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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Nov 30, 2025, 2:11 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 30, 2025, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2025, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 08:11 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, 8.2 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
994 WHUS44 KBRO 300811 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 211 AM CST Sun Nov 30 2025 TXZ451-454-455-020000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0031.251130T1200Z-251202T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 211 AM CST Sun Nov 30 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
526 WHUS44 KBRO 010007 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 607 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025 TXZ451-454-455-020000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-251202T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 607 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
250 WHUS44 KBRO 010907 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 307 AM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 TXZ451-454-455-020000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-251202T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 307 AM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
996 WHUS44 KBRO 020000 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 600 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 TXZ451-454-455-021200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-251203T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 600 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
629 WHUS44 KBRO 021131 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 531 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 TXZ451-454-455-030000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-251203T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 531 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
336 WHUS44 KBRO 022352 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 552 PM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 TXZ451-454-455-030100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-251203T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 552 PM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A moderate risk of life-threatening rip currents is expected along the Lower Texas Coast overnight. Conditions will continue to improve Wednesday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 9:32 PM CST | 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.