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This was the final webinar for the potential impacts from Tropical Cyclone Beryl, as the system was tracking away from the Lower Texas Coast/lower RGV and toward the Coastal Bend/middle Texas coast.

This is the 430 PM Friday, July 5th webinar presentation for Tropical Cyclone Beryl. Updates include less emphasis on inland impacts and more for the coast, particularly from Port Mansfield northward.

Webinar recording provided at 1030 AM Tuesday June 18th to describe potential impacts for Potential Tropical Cyclone One across the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas Ranchlands.

Latest forecast and potential impact information for the upcoming rounds of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms, expected to last from Friday night into Sunday, and possibly into early next week.

This updated video describes changes since the one posted on December 21, and includes the "last mile" preparedness needs to be completed by sunset on Dec. 22, just prior to the arrival of the arctic front in the Rio Grande Valley.

The latest (Dec. 21) full details on the upcoming arctic blast headed to the Rio Grande Valley as Christmas Weekend approaches, including an increased probability for wintry precipitation (sleet and freezing rain along and east of Interstate 69E in Cameron and Willacy County, including Harlingen, Brownsville, and South Padre Island.

Webinar for the ChristmasTime 2022 Arctic Outbreak and Impacts to the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Lower Texas coast, from December 20, 2022.

Webinar recording for partners and the public detailing the current and expected wildfire spread threat for March 29-31 and beyond.

Did you know? Even though the weather may be warm on the beach, the surf in spring can be much cooler. Swimmers unprepared for surf temperatures below 70 can risk hypothermia, which can cause muscles to tense up and ultimately create issues with breathing and brain function. Check out this short video for more safety tips.

The beaches of South Padre Island offer a great vacation escape from everyday life, but the surf can hold multiple swimming dangers from the combination of wind and wave action, as well as tricky temperatures outside of the summer season. In this series of videos, we describe rip and longshore currents, and explain the hidden danger of hypothermia even when the water seems mild. Start with our ...

More common than rip currents are *longshore currents*, that typically move swimmers rapidly up (to the left) the beach from south to north. Longshore currents are the second most deadly weather-related event in the Rio Grande Valley, behind only rip currents, since 2008. Learn about longshore currents and how to navigate them to safety if caught in them, and see videos showing what they look l...

Rip currents are one of two dangers to inexperienced or unprepared swimmers headed to the beaches of South Padre Island, Texas. Learn about rip currents and how to safely navigate them, and see an example of what they look like here in order to be safe during Spring Break and beyond.

Updated forecast for cold weather and wintry precipitation for the Rio Grande Plains, South Texas Brush Country, Brooks/Kenedy Ranches, and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas for January 20th through January 21st, 2022.

Flooding on Paredes Line Road, October 1, 2021, Early Evening

NWS Brownsville Rio Grande Valley Tropical Storm Nicholas Wind-Down Briefing 11 AM Sept 13 2021

Tropical Storm Nicholas Briefing for the Lower Rio Grande Valley: 2 PM Sunday, September 12 2021

NWS Brownsville Rio Grande Valley Flood Potential Briefing, July 7-9, 2021

NWS Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley Flood Potential Briefing July 6, 2021

8th Annual Rio Grande Valley Media Virtual Partners Hurricane Workshop: 2020 Season Review

8th Annual Rio Grande Valley Media Virtual Partners Hurricane Workshop: Hurricane Hanna Review

11th Annual RGV (Virtual) EM Partners Hurricane Workshop: The 2021 Atlantic Season Forecast

11th Annual RGV Virtual Emergency Management Partners Hurricane Workshop: NWS Information Streams

Rio Grande Valley/Deep South Zoom of Supercell Transition to MCS - June 24, 2019

June 24th Supercell Evolution into MCS - South Texas and the RGV

Sun Setting through a Dissipating Thunderstorm

Sunrise August 14, 2018

August Sunset

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Heavy Thunderstorms moving into Brownsville