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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
516 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/12/2025 FOR MICROBURST EVENT IN
NORTH ALAMO AND DONNA, TX...
OVERVIEW
DURING THE EARLY EVENING OF JUNE 12, 2025, A
MICROBURST DESCENDED FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND CAUSED
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ROOFS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS,
FENCES, TRAILERS, AND POWER POLES...AS WELL AS TREES. THERE WERE
NO KNOWN INJURIES.
.THUNDERSTORM WIND 1 ..
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 75-90 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 5.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 2.50 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JUNE 12, 2025
START TIME: 743 PM CDT
START LOCATION: NORTH ALAMO/HIDALGO/TX
START LAT/LON: 26.24/-98.09
END DATE: JUNE 12, 2025
END TIME: 755 PM CDT
END LOCATION: DONNA/HIDALGO/TX
END LAT/LON: 26.17/-98.04
SUMMARY: JUST AFTER 740 PM CDT JUNE 12, 2025, A STRONG MICROBURST
DESCENDED FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH ALAMO, NEAR THE CITY
LINE WITH MUNIZ, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, A STAND ALONE
TOWER, POWERLINES/POLES, FENCES AND TREES AS WELL AS RIPPED OFF THE
ROOF OF A HOUSE, FLIPPED A TRAILER AND DISLOCATED A METAL STRUCTURE.
ALTOGETHER, THE DAMAGE LOCATIONS WERE ALONG A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST-
ORIENTED LINE WITH SIX OF THE SEVEN SURVEYED LOCATIONS NORTH OF
EXPRESSWAY 83/EAST OF INTERSTATE 69C (BEGINNING NEAR THE MUNIZ/NORTH
ALAMO CITY LINE) AND THE 7TH SPOT SOUTH OF EXPRESSWAY 83 IN DONNA.
THE MOST NOTABLE DAMAGE WAS TO A METAL STAND ALONE TOWER NEARBY THE
DONNA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS BENT PERPENDICULAR TO THE TOWER'S
BASE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIDALGO COUNTY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
COORDINATOR, RICARDO SALDANA, AND DEPUTY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR,
ERIC CANTU, FOR THEIR HELP DURING THE SURVEY.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
CHAI/IRISH
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