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WUUS54 KCRP 090229
SVRCRP
TXC249-355-090300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0046.250509T0229Z-250509T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
929 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 928 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALICE, MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS OBSERVED NEAR 90 MPH.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR EAST OF ALICE TO WESTERN NUECES
COUNTY.
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. WIND OBSERVED FROM KALI OF WINDS NEAR 90
MPH.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE.
EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALICE, ROBSTOWN, DRISCOLL, AND NORTH SAN PEDRO.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 672 AND 682.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 2769 9807 2777 9806 2780 9767 2760 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 279DEG 34KT 2771 9797
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...90 MPH
EMF
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