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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 29, 2025, 4:46 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 29, 2025, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2025, 4:46 AM CST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 36 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 10:49 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, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
165 WHUS44 KBRO 291046 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 446 AM CST Wed Jan 29 2025 TXZ451-454-455-292300- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0007.250129T2300Z-250131T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 446 AM CST Wed Jan 29 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this afternoon through Thursday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
040 WHUS44 KBRO 292028 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 228 PM CST Wed Jan 29 2025 TXZ451-454-455-301200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0007.250130T0000Z-250131T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 228 PM CST Wed Jan 29 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
970 WHUS44 KBRO 300929 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 329 AM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 TXZ451-454-455-302200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 329 AM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$
519 WHUS44 KBRO 302116 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 316 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 TXZ451-454-455-311315- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250201T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 316 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A long shore component is probable making swimming more difficult. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
767 WHUS44 KBRO 310841 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 241 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025 TXZ451-454-455-311200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250131T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 241 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST early this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2:25 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 22 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.