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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Dec 4, 2025, 3:16 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 4, 2025, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 4, 2025, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 4, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 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 09:16 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, 9.3 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
541 WHUS44 KBRO 040916 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 316 AM CST Thu Dec 4 2025 TXZ451-454-455-060000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0032.251205T0000Z-251206T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 316 AM CST Thu Dec 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
766 WHUS44 KBRO 050641 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1241 AM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 TXZ451-454-455-060000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-251206T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1241 AM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
039 WHUS44 KBRO 052354 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 554 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 TXZ451-454-455-060100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-251206T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 554 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... Conditions have improved at area beaches and the rip current risk has decreased. A Low Risk of Rip Currents will be present at area beaches tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 10:03 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 33 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.