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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
740 PM CDT Wed Aug 20 2025

TXZ248-210100-
Zapata TX-
740 PM CDT Wed Aug 20 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY
THROUGH 800 PM CDT...

At 739 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Siesta Shores, or near Zapata, moving southwest at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Zapata, Falcon Mesa, Morales-Sanchez, Falcon Lake Estates, Siesta
Shores, Falcon Shores, Zapata County Public Library, Black Bass,
Zapata--Medina, and Romeo T. Flores Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. 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.

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.

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LAT...LON 2694 9917 2679 9906 2666 9920 2669 9921
      2672 9921 2675 9924 2679 9924 2682 9926
      2685 9927 2686 9929 2687 9932 2688 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 055DEG 7KT 2683 9919

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Hallman