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WWUS84 KBRO 092217
SPSBRO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
517 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
TXZ248-252-092245-
ZAPATA TX-STARR TX-
517 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN STARR AND SOUTHEASTERN
ZAPATA COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...
AT 517 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORALES-SANCHEZ TO NEAR LA
VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE CITY, ROMA, ESCOBARES, EL SAUZ, LOPENO, GARCIASVILLE, LA
ROSITA, NEW FALCON, LA VICTORIA, AND LOS ALVAREZ.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 776 AND 832.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR FALCON LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 2688 9900 2679 9895 2679 9891 2637 9853
2634 9855 2627 9872 2629 9870 2633 9875
2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890 2639 9893
2637 9895 2640 9896 2640 9908 2643 9911
2650 9910 2654 9917 2662 9918 2679 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 079DEG 13KT 2682 9902 2640 9864
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HALLMAN
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