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WWUS84 KBRO 231555
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1055 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
TXZ251-351-451-231645-
COASTAL KENEDY TX-KENEDY ISLAND TX-INLAND KENEDY TX-
1055 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT KENEDY COUNTY THROUGH 1145 AM
CDT...
AT 1055 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KENEDY COUNTY WIND FARMS, OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARMSTRONG, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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, SARITA, KENEDY COUNTY WIND FARMS, NORIAS, U S 77 BORDER
PATROL STATION, KENEDY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, AND ARMSTRONG RANCH
AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 712 AND 744.
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 2688 9727 2675 9776
2717 9799 2721 9799 2724 9792 2725 9782
2728 9779 2728 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 227DEG 24KT 2705 9763
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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