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WWUS84 KBRO 230442
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1142 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
TXZ248-230545-
ZAPATA TX-
1142 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY
THROUGH 1245 AM CDT...
AT 1142 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FALCON STATE PARK, OR NEAR LOPENO, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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, ZAPATA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIESTA SHORES, ZAPATA COUNTY PUBLIC
LIBRARY, FALCON MESA, AND MORALES-SANCHEZ.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 766 AND 790.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 2690 9932 2697 9915 2664 9907 2657 9917
2662 9918 2667 9920 2669 9921 2672 9921
2675 9924 2679 9924 2682 9926 2684 9927
2686 9929 2687 9932 2688 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 155DEG 10KT 2665 9919
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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