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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
743 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
TXZ248-231330-
ZAPATA TX-
743 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY THROUGH
830 AM CDT...
AT 743 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FALCON MESA, OR NEAR ZAPATA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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, BUSTAMANTE, MEDINA, ZAPATA HIGH SCHOOL, ZAPATA COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT, ESCOBAS, ZAPATA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIESTA SHORES, ZAPATA
COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND LAS PALMAS.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 758 AND 774.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2697 9938 2698 9939 2727 9923 2727 9919
2712 9895 2699 9895 2676 9924 2679 9924
2682 9926 2685 9927 2686 9929 2687 9932
2688 9933 2692 9932 2693 9938 2694 9939
2696 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 223DEG 19KT 2687 9933
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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