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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 21, 2026, 3:12 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2026, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2026, 3:12 AM CST (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2026, 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
080 WHUS44 KBRO 210912 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 312 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 TXZ451-454-455-220000- /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0006.260222T0600Z-260223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0010.260222T0000Z-260223T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 312 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from this evening through Sunday afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
369 WHUS44 KBRO 212044 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 244 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 TXZ451-454-455-220700- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0006.260222T0600Z-260223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.260222T0000Z-260223T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 244 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 PM CST this evening through Sunday afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
928 WHUS44 KBRO 220341 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 941 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 TXZ451-454-455-221200- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0006.260222T0600Z-260223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-260223T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 941 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, until 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
600 WHUS44 KBRO 221742 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1142 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026 TXZ451-454-455-230600- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260223T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-260223T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1142 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
283 WHUS44 KBRO 230558 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1158 PM CST Sun Feb 22 2026 TXZ451-454-455-231200- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260223T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-260223T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1158 PM CST Sun Feb 22 2026 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 5 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
843 WHUS44 KBRO 231208 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 608 AM CST Mon Feb 23 2026 TXZ451-454-455-231315- /O.EXP.KBRO.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260223T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-260223T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 608 AM CST Mon Feb 23 2026 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Buoy observations along the Lower Texas Coast indicate that seas are gradually subsiding in the wake of the recent cold front. As a result, the High Surf Advisory is no longer in affect, and there is no longer a High Risk of rip currents at the local beaches. However, there is now a Moderate Risk of rip currents at the beaches along the Lower Texas Coast from now until around sunset Tuesday. $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:45 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:12 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 51 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:31 AM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 24 hr | |
| Feb 21, 11:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 40 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.