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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
753 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
TXZ211-226-227-100130-
WHARTON TX-FORT BEND TX-AUSTIN TX-
753 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN WHARTON
SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN AND WEST CENTRAL FORT BEND COUNTIES THROUGH 830
PM CDT...
AT 753 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST BERNARD, OR 12 MILES WEST OF ROSENBERG. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
ROSENBERG, RICHMOND, PECAN GROVE, EAST BERNARD, WALLIS, FULSHEAR,
PLEAK, BEASLEY, KENDLETON, ORCHARD, CUMINGS, SOUTHERN WESTON LAKES,
GREATWOOD, AND HUNGERFORD.
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 2964 9602 2967 9577 2952 9568 2938 9597
2943 9614 2955 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 044DEG 4KT 2953 9601
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CASSEL
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