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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1033 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
TXZ248-252-230415-
ZAPATA TX-STARR TX-
1033 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN STARR AND
SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...
AT 1032 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FALCON DAM, OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOPENO, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZAPATA, LOPENO, NEW FALCON, ZAPATA HIGH SCHOOL, ZAPATA COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT, SALINENO, FALCON STATE PARK, ZAPATA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIESTA
SHORES, AND ZAPATA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 766 AND 802.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM 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.
LAT...LON 2695 9896 2679 9895 2678 9893 2644 9900
2650 9910 2652 9913 2654 9917 2662 9918
2666 9920 2672 9921 2675 9924 2679 9924
2685 9927 2686 9929 2687 9932 2688 9933
2691 9932 2692 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 202DEG 25KT 2653 9923
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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