SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HILDALGO, STARR TEXAS

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
853 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 852 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  GARCIASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...INCLUDING CRACKED WINDSHIELDS
  AND MINOR EXTERIOR DENTS CAN EXPECTED. SOME DAMAGE TO
  CROPS AND TREES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO
  MOBILE HOMES...SOME ROOFS...SIDING AND SOME FENCES. TREE
  LIMBS WILL BLOW DOWN AND SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED.
  DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND SOME POWER POLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE..
  SULLIVAN CITY...GARCIASVILLE...LA GRULLA...LA PUERTA...LA
  VICTORIA...CUEVITAS...ALTO BONITO...LAS LOMAS...GRULLA MIDDLE
  SCHOOL AND SANTA CRUZ.

 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.