Tropical Storm — Brooks, Texas

2023-08-22 · Brooks, Texas

Event narrative

The AWOS station at Brooks County Airport in northern Brooks County experienced Tropical Storm-force wind gusts for a period of 40 minutes with a measured maximum wind gust of 61 mph at 12:15PM CDT.

Pictures from the Falfurrias Police Department on social media shows two downed power poles near the intersection of Business Highway 281 & Business Highway 285 just after the Brooks County airport measured the 61 mph gust associated with Tropical Storm Harold.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Harold made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the northern Kenedy coastline just before 10:00AM CDT Tuesday, August 22nd carrying sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts over 60 mph in a small portion of the developing eye. Harold spun quickly across northern Kenedy, Brooks, and Jim Hogg Counties during the day on August 22nd before weakening to a Tropical Depression over Webb County by late Tuesday afternoon.

Harold brought sporadic power outages to Brooks and Jim Hogg Counties in the towns of Falfurrias and Hebbronville. Otherwise, Harold brought some much needed rain to Deep South Texas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1112035. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.