Severe Weather Preparedness Drill, Mid Valley First Severe Warning (English)

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136 PM CDT SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  WEST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 136 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND

  DESTRUCTIVE 70 MPH WINDS...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULLIVAN CITY...MOVING

  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  SULLIVAN CITY.

  LA JOYA.

  PENITAS.

  HIGHWAY 83.

  MCCOOK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS STRONG ENOUGH TO

BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE OR DESTROY MOBILE HOMES

AND OUTBUILDINGS. PERSONS OUTDOORS OR IN VEHICLES SHOULD SEEK SAFETY

INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU CAN HEAR

THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR

HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

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