SPECIAL STATEMENT FROM NWS FORECAST OFFICE/BROWNSVILLE
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1210 PM CDT JUL 23 2008
PRELIMINARY PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS
DUE TO HURRICANE DOLLY
CITY/TOWN COUNTY WIND
AIRPORTS (THROUGH 11 AM TODAY):
PORT ISABEL/BAYVIEW CAMERON 57 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70
HARLINGEN/VALLEY CAMERON 44 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 64
BROWNSVILLE/INTL CAMERON 46 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 64
RINCON (TCOON) KENEDY 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48
BAYVIEW (TCOON) CAMERON 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 54
MCALLEN/MILLER HIDALGO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 36
BUOY020 38 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 47
THE LATEST DAMAGE REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA INDICATE THAT
PORTIONS OF CAMERON COUNTY HAVE DOWNED POWER LINES AND POWER OUTAGES
ESPECIALLY IN THE BROWNSVILLE…HARLINGEN…PORT ISABEL AND SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND AREAS. THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AREA APPEARS TO HAVE THE
WORST OF THE POWER OUTAGES. l
