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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at Feb 14, 2026, 1:51 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 14, 2026, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2026, 1:51 AM CST (07:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 07:50 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, 7.9 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
891 WHUS44 KBRO 140751 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 151 AM CST Sat Feb 14 2026 TXZ451-454-455-150000- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0009.260214T1200Z-260215T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 151 AM CST Sat Feb 14 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
428 WHUS44 KBRO 142355 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 555 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026 TXZ451-454-455-150100- /O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260215T0000Z/ Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island- 555 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... Conditions along the Lower Texas Coast are improving. A moderate risk of rip currents will continue tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 10:53 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 24 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 16 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.