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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 9, 2026Zapata County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2026, 2:33 AM CDT for Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2026, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2026, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 12:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 12:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Zapata21 min
May 9, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr42 min
May 9, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr28 min
May 9, 8:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr93 min
May 9, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr45 min
May 9, 9:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo52 min
May 9, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo, Willacy51 min
May 9, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy46 min
May 9, 9:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo53 min
May 9, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Willacy42 min
May 9, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO56 min
May 9, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron39 min
May 9, 11:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.