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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2026, 1:37 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2026, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 06:36 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, 6.6 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
- 906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
751 WHUS44 KBRO 110637 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 137 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026 TXZ451-454-455-111500- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0013.260312T0000Z-260313T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 137 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Thursday evening. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
029 WHUS44 KBRO 120620 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 120 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026 TXZ451-454-455-130000- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260313T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 120 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
564 WHUS44 KBRO 130001 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 701 PM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026 TXZ451-454-455-130115- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260313T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 701 PM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Conditions along the Lower Texas Coast are improving. A moderate risk of rip currents will continue tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:49 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 38 hr | |
| Mar 11, 11:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 20 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 7 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.