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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2026, 12:49 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 8, 2026, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2026, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2026, 6:00 PM 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 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
679 WHUS44 KBRO 080649 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1249 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 TXZ451-454-455-100000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0001.260108T1200Z-260110T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1249 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
656 WHUS44 KBRO 082352 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 552 PM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 TXZ451-454-455-091000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260110T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 552 PM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
762 WHUS44 KBRO 090630 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1230 AM CST Fri Jan 9 2026 TXZ451-454-455-100000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260110T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1230 AM CST Fri Jan 9 2026 ...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 7:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 8 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.