Thunderstorm Wind — Hidalgo, Texas

2025-05-08 · near Mc Cook, Hidalgo, Texas

Event narrative

An emergency manager reported 500 acres of corn destroyed in a farm field about 4.4 miles west-southwest of McCook.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms resulted in several large hail and a few damaging wind reports across the region on May 8th. A high-precipitation supercell thunderstorm developed across the Brush Country/Rio Grande Plains by mid afternoon and held together while crossing through the lower/mid Rio Grande Valley. The supercell produced very large hail across the Brush Country, then dropped a damaging microburst in North McAllen by early evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1257701. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.