Special Weather Statement
NWS Brownsville TX ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Western Starr And Zapata Counties Through 415 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 330 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from the Zapata and Webb County line to Rio Grnade City. Movement was west at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 45 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Zapata, Rio Grande City, Roma, Escobares, El Sauz, Lopeno, La Rosita, Bustamante, Medina, and Zapata High School.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding and ponding of water on roads. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. If on or near Falcon Lake, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
Affected areas
- Zapata County, TX
- Starr County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Brownsville TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V3J3TQYBDCEESXNJXNNEE6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.20353ef2e37eb4643c23426dfc7c832121d9b5bf.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Brownsville TX
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBRO
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4252
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSBRO |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KBRO 182032 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:30:00-00:00...storm...095DEG...18KT...27.27,-99.14 26.32,-98.79 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Zapata County, TX
- Starr County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048505 |
| SAME | 048427 |
| UGC | TXZ248 |
| UGC | TXZ252 |
- Polygons
- 27.17,-99.43 27.27,-99.45 27.32,-99.37 27.27,-99.33 27.27,-99.07 26.95,-98.95 26.79,-98.95 26.78,-98.89 26.27,-98.7 26.37,-98.8 26.35,-98.9 26.39,-98.93 26.37,-98.95 26.43,-99.11 26.48,-99.09 26.54,-99.17 26.84,-99.27 26.94,-99.39 26.98,-99.38 27.06,-99.45 27.17,-99.43