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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
338 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
TXZ249>251-082130-
BROOKS TX-JIM HOGG TX-INLAND KENEDY TX-
338 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KENEDY
SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG AND CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
CDT...
AT 338 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AGUA NUEVA TO 6 MILES WEST OF ENCINO.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLOWELLA, FALFURRIAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKS COUNTY AIRPORT, CANTU
ADDITION, AIRPORT ROAD ADDITION, AGUA NUEVA, ENCINO, FALFURRIAS,
FALFURRIAS FIRE STATION, AND HIDALGO CITY PARK.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 712 AND 732.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2721 9798 2721 9797 2723 9795 2724 9792
2724 9789 2693 9785 2691 9827 2688 9864
2716 9842 2725 9804 2725 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 214DEG 25KT 2692 9854 2695 9823
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
65-GI
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