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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1011 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
TXZ250-251-351-353-451-231600-
BROOKS TX-COASTAL KENEDY TX-NORTHERN HIDALGO TX-KENEDY ISLAND TX-
INLAND KENEDY TX-
1011 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT KENEDY
NORTH CENTRAL HIDALGO
AND EASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM CDT...
AT 1011 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF ARMSTRONG, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
ARMSTRONG, ENCINO, SARITA, RACHAL, KENEDY COUNTY WIND FARMS, NORIAS,
EL COYOTE RANCH AIRPORT, AIRPORT ROAD ADDITION, U S 77 BORDER PATROL
STATION, AND KENEDY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
US HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 712 AND 746.
US HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 716 AND 742.
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 2726 9773 2728 9765 2724 9763 2723 9755
2726 9742 2725 9742 2725 9737 2727 9738
2728 9735 2724 9736 2724 9730 2672 9780
2679 9840 2726 9808 2726 9799 2721 9798
2725 9783 2728 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 216DEG 29KT 2696 9795
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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