Special Weather Statement
NWS Brownsville TX ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Jim Hogg And East Central Zapata Counties Through 545 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 511 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Guerra, or 11 miles northwest of Viboras, moving west at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 to 45 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Guerra.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall with up to 2 inches in less than an hour is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding along FM 649. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Zapata County, TX
- Jim Hogg County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Brownsville TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V9A9Z63NSW36D9Z26TYY2S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3147566923279196079c5d7c58c98e873acca268.001.1
- 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.7344
- 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 182213 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG AND EAST CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T22:11:00-00:00...storm...088DEG...8KT...26.87,-98.92 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Zapata County, TX
- Jim Hogg County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048505 |
| SAME | 048247 |
| UGC | TXZ248 |
| UGC | TXZ249 |
- Polygons
- 26.99,-99.07 26.95,-98.83 26.78,-98.82 26.79,-98.95 26.78,-98.96 26.78,-99.06 26.99,-99.07