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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
747 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2026
TXZ248-290130-
ZAPATA TX-
747 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY
THROUGH 830 PM CDT...
AT 746 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIO BRAVO, OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN YGNACIO,
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
SAN YGNACIO.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 738 AND 752.
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.
LAT...LON 2709 9943 2711 9944 2713 9943 2715 9944
2716 9943 2721 9943 2722 9944 2725 9944
2727 9945 2732 9937 2727 9933 2727 9917
2720 9912 2701 9944 2702 9944 2706 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 060DEG 29KT 2725 9926
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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