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WWUS84 KBRO 050159
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
859 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
TXZ253-353-050245-
SOUTHERN HIDALGO TX-NORTHERN HIDALGO TX-
859 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY THROUGH
945 PM CDT...
AT 859 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
EDINBURG, MISSION, PHARR, SAN JUAN, ALAMO, HIDALGO, PALMVIEW,
PENITAS, PALMHURST, AND NORTH MCALLEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
US HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 848 AND 850.
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 69 C BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
US HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 762 AND 764.
US HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 784 AND 788.
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 2610 9829 2611 9827 2612 9827 2612 9829
2611 9830 2610 9830 2614 9834 2614 9833
2617 9834 2617 9835 2615 9835 2617 9836
2616 9837 2616 9838 2632 9853 2663 9836
2639 9794 2607 9821 2607 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 309DEG 17KT 2645 9826
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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