BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
212 PM CDT SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE 70 MPH WINDS...6 MILES WEST OF PALMVIEW...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
AT 208 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES HAD
BEEN KNOCKED DOWN IN LA JOYA. A SPOTTER RECORDED A 65 MPH WIND GUST IN
PENITAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PALMVIEW.
WEST SHARYLAND.
ALTON.
MISSION.
MCALLEN.
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 CDT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
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