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WWUS84 KHGX 100022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
722 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
TXZ211-226-227-100045-
WHARTON TX-FORT BEND TX-AUSTIN TX-
722 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN WHARTON
SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN AND WEST CENTRAL FORT BEND COUNTIES THROUGH 745
PM CDT...
AT 722 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ORCHARD, OR 8 MILES WEST OF ROSENBERG, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
WESTERN ROSENBERG, EAST BERNARD, WALLIS, BEASLEY, KENDLETON, ORCHARD,
AND WESTON LAKES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 2960 9621 2967 9593 2948 9584 2942 9602
2943 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 341DEG 9KT 2957 9595
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CASSEL
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