Thunderstorm Wind — La Salle, Texas

2024-04-09 · near Cotulla, La Salle, Texas

Event narrative

Thunderstorm wind damage report in Cotulla of chance fencing blown down at the Tx DOT facility.

Wider weather episode

A line of strong to severe storms stretching along a cold front quickly developed as it extended NNE to SSW into the Rio Grande Plains and interacted with strong instability late on the April 9th into the early morning hours of the 10th. Large hail up to golf ball size was reported over the Brush Country with strong winds 40-50 mph persisting into the Gulf waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1172122. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.