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WWUS84 KBRO 172124
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
424 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
TXZ253-353-172215-
SOUTHERN HIDALGO TX-NORTHERN HIDALGO TX-
424 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 424 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CESAR CHAVEZ, OR OVER EDINBURG, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
EDINBURG, WESLACO, ALAMO, DONNA, ELSA, EDCOUCH, LA VILLA, NORTH
MCALLEN, FAYSVILLE, AND EDINBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 69 C BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
US HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 760 AND 764.
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 2624 9788 2611 9802 2632 9835 2654 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 128DEG 10KT 2631 9812
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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