183 FPUS74 KBRO 042032 NOWBRO Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Brownsville TX 332 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2019 TXZ248>250-252-353-042200- Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Starr-Northern Hidalgo- Including the cities of Zapata, Hebbronville, Falfurrias, Rio Grande City, Roma, and San Manuel 332 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2019 .NOW... Through 5 PM...Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue form and drift slowly towards the west or southwest. As of 3:30 PM, the heaviest rain was located around and just east of the city of Zapata, south of Hebbronville, and across western Starr County. Drivers and others should be alert to reduced visibility to 1 mile or less in downpours. Stronger or slower moving clusters could drop an inch or more or rainfall and cause ponding of water in poor drainage locations. $$ GMZ150-155-170-175-042200- Coastal waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm- Waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande extending from 20 to 60 nm- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield extending from 20 to 60 nm- 332 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2019 .NOW... Through 5 PM...Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to drift westward at around 10 knots over the lower Texas coastal Gulf waters. These showers and thunderstorms may eventually cross into the Laguna Madre in the next hour or two. Heavier showers may reduce visibilities briefly to 1 SM or less and produce gusty winds, as well as cloud to water lightning. $$ Mejia