579  
WHUS54 KBRO 171332  
SMWBRO  
GMZ170-171415-  
/O.NEW.KBRO.MA.W.0112.251217T1332Z-251217T1415Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX  
732 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TX TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER FROM 20 TO 60  
NM...  
 
* UNTIL 815 AM CST.  
 
* AT 732 AM CST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 46 NM EAST OF BOCA CHICA BEACH, OR 46 NM  
EAST OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL  
HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY  
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY  
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2606 9633 2613 9636 2635 9614 2611 9599  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 240DEG 17KT 2612 9630  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...<.75IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
65-GI  
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