Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
625 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER VALLEY...

GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND THE STRONG COLD
FRONT THAT MOVED OFF THE LOWER COAST BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM THIS MORNING.
WIND GUSTS TO 39 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BROWNSVILLE AND NEAR BAYVIEW
IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WITH 37 MPH AT HARLINGEN AND 34 MPH AT MCALLEN.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SOME SEVERE
WEATHER BEGINNING TO SHOW UP. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF HARLINGEN AROUND 6 AM. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD ALSO
DEVELOPED JUST ACROSS THE RIVER IN MEXICO SOUTHWEST OF MCALLEN AND MOVING
NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MCALLEN-PHARR AREA. VERY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORM CELL THAT PRODUCED THE HAIL IN
HARLINGEN HAD MOVED TO THE COAST NORTH OF ARROYO CITY AS OF 620 AM AND
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SEAS AS IT MOVES OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE AND
GULF COASTAL WATERS.

ALL RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALL OF THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE VALLEY
BY MID MORNING WITH DECREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS
WILL LAST MUCH OF THE DAY HOWEVER...AND COULD CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.