Tropical Storm — Angelina, Texas

2024-07-08 · Angelina, Texas

Event narrative

A 63 mph peak wind gust was recorded at the Angelina County Airport at 132 PM from Tropical Storm Beryl. Tropical storm force wind gusts continued through much of the afternoon.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Beryl briefly strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds as it made landfall along the Southeast Texas coast near Matagorda Bay during the early morning hours of July 8th, and tracked north-northeast across East Texas and into Southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours. While Beryl weakened into a tropical storm over portions of Deep East Texas by mid-afternoon, very strong wind shear and helicity existed near and east of the center, contributing to the largest tornado outbreak in NWS Shreveport history, as well as with any landfalling tropical system. A total of 43 tornadoes were confirmed through NWS surveys across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southwest Arkansas, before Beryl weakened into a depression by late afternoon over East Texas. As a part of this outbreak, fifteen tornadoes touched down across portions of East Texas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1200250. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.