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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
508 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
TXZ250-251-351-222300-
BROOKS TX-COASTAL KENEDY TX-INLAND KENEDY TX-
508 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
AT 507 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SARITA, MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA 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...
SARITA, KENEDY COUNTY WIND FARMS, AND KENEDY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 710 AND 724.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 2726 9773 2728 9765 2724 9763 2724 9759
2700 9752 2711 9811 2726 9801 2726 9799
2721 9799 2721 9797 2723 9795 2724 9792
2724 9789 2725 9785 2725 9782 2727 9782
2728 9779 2728 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 190DEG 6KT 2721 9782
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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