Special Weather Statement
NWS Brownsville TX ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Continue Impacting Southwestern Jim Hogg And Southeastern Zapata Counties Through 600 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 530 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Guerra, or 13 miles northwest of Viboras, drifting west at 5 to 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 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 is also occurring with this storm. Radar estimates 2 inches have fallen since 445 PM and an additional 0.5 to 1 inch may fall, but mainly over open ranchland. Brief high water may cover ranchland and unpaved county roads in this area. Do not drive vehicles through flooded roads. 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
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VAFY5TM0NBFGMNM09XMWC2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cdee58f4c139e9574d13a86cd52fd6a44e4663b7.001.1
- 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.7746
- 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 182233 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE IMPACTING SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG AND SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T22:30:00-00:00...storm...088DEG...8KT...26.87,-98.96 |
| 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
- 26.94,-99.06 26.94,-98.86 26.79,-98.87 26.78,-99.06 26.94,-99.06