BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
311 PM CDT SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 2 MILES SOUTH OF PHARR... MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
AT 306 PM CDT…THE MCALLEN AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 102 MPH. NUMEROUS
HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE HAD THEIR ROOFS REMOVED AND TWO BUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED IN SOUTH MCALLEN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PHARR.
ALAMO.
SOUTH ALAMO.
DONNA.
SCISSORS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THIS STORM AS
POSSIBLE. TRAILER HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADOES AND SHOULD
BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY FOR STRONGER SHELTER.
IF TRAVELING...FIND STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY OR PULL OVER AND GET
BELOW THE DASHBOARD IF DEBRIS IS SIGHTED.
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.
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