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WWUS84 KBRO 202120
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
420 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

TXZ254-202200-
Inland Willacy TX-
420 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN KENEDY...
NORTHEASTERN HIDALGO AND NORTHWESTERN WILLACY COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM
CDT...

At 420 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lasara Elementary School, or near Lasara, moving west at 15 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...
Raymondville, Lasara, Yturria, Lasara Elementary School, Reber
Memorial Library, Raymondville Fire Station, Los Angeles Subdivision,
and Ranchette Estates.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate Highway 69 E between mile markers 49 and 51.
 US Highway 77 between mile markers 758 and 762.

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 2648 9779 2645 9800 2646 9800 2653 9799
      2654 9798 2653 9796 2655 9797 2661 9796
      2661 9791 2660 9786 2660 9774 2654 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 099DEG 11KT 2651 9788

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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