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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 10, 2026, 4:34 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 10, 2026, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2026, 4:34 AM CST (10:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 10:33 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, 10.6 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
501 WHUS44 KBRO 101034 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 434 AM CST Sat Jan 10 2026 TXZ451-454-455-120000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0002.260110T1200Z-260112T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 434 AM CST Sat Jan 10 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
764 WHUS44 KBRO 110832 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 232 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026 TXZ451-454-455-130000- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260113T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 232 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
241 WHUS44 KBRO 110837 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 237 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026 TXZ451-454-455-111645- /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.260111T0837Z-260112T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260113T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 237 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 9 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 9 PM CST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
476 WHUS44 KBRO 111708 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1108 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026 TXZ451-454-455-120300- /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-260112T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260113T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1108 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 8 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 9 PM CST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
421 WHUS44 KBRO 120634 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1234 AM CST Mon Jan 12 2026 TXZ451-454-455-131200- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260113T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 1234 AM CST Mon Jan 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday night. * 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. && $$
544 WHUS44 KBRO 131207 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 607 AM CST Tue Jan 13 2026 TXZ451-454-455-131315- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260113T1200Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 607 AM CST Tue Jan 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... There remains a moderate risk of life-threatening rip currents along the beaches of the lower Texas coast into Wednesday, due to a long period swell. $$ 56
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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.