668  
WWUS84 KBRO 231721  
SPSBRO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX  
1221 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
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INLAND WILLACY TX-SOUTHERN HIDALGO TX-COASTAL WILLACY TX-  
INLAND CAMERON TX-  
1221 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO  
WESTERN  
CAMERON AND WESTERN WILLACY COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM CDT...  
 
AT 1221 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
LA FERIA, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HARLINGEN, WESLACO, SAN BENITO, MERCEDES, RAYMONDVILLE, LA FERIA, LOS  
FRESNOS, PROGRESO, EDCOUCH, AND SANTA ROSA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 69 E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 47.  
US HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 804 AND 838.  
 
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 2589 9752 2592 9753 2594 9758 2600 9762  
2601 9765 2602 9764 2602 9767 2603 9766  
2602 9774 2605 9777 2603 9779 2606 9780  
2605 9786 2607 9786 2605 9797 2606 9799  
2641 9799 2656 9746 2588 9746  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 253DEG 25KT 2615 9780  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
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