Severe Weather Preparedness Drill, Product Explainer (English)

Here is an example of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Click on the links for more information about what each segment means and why it is there.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1220 PM CDT SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A Click Here

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE 70 MPH WINDS...14 MILES SOUTH OF SAN YGNACIO...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH. Click Here

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SAN YGNACIO.
ZAPATA.
MORALES-SANCHEZ.
BUSTAMANTE. Click Here

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL THAT COULD CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR
DESTRUCTION OF ROOFS AND VEHICLES...AND BREAK WINDOWS. PERSONS IN
MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO STRONGER SHELTER. Click Here

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
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. Click Here

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LAT...LON 2709 9944 2710 9944 2718 9918 2680 9899
2674 9924 2679 9925 2681 9927 2684 9927
2687 9933 2691 9933 2693 9939 2696 9940
2697 9938 2701 9942 2701 9944 2702 9945
2706 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 254DEG 42KT 2685 9949

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