Thunderstorm Wind — Hidalgo, Texas

2025-05-08 · near Edinburg Muni Arpt, Hidalgo, Texas

Event narrative

Just after 7 PM CDT May 8, 2025, a strong microburst descended

from a hail-producing supercell thunderstorm in North McAllen, near the

city line with Edinburg. Damage, mainly to over 100 large mesquite and

live oak tree limbs, occurred between north Taylor Road and north Ware

Road. Along and just north of Mile 8 1/2 Road, one unanchored

recreational vehicle (RV) was flipped, with several sections of fence

blown down and small portions of the roof removed. Along Ware Road, one

industrial business lost its sheet metal roof and garage.

The most notable damage was seen east of Ware Road, mainly between Mile 9

Road and State Road (SR) 107. In the El Pacifico neighborhood, one residence had

an unanchored RV turned, flipped, and rolled while the residence and several

more had scattered fence and isolated roof damage. One garage door was

blown in. Between Mile 8 1/2 Road and the Sharyland Water Supply Corporation,

widespread damage was seen in the Eldorado at Thousand Oaks Apartment/Duplex

subdivision, with other damage at a new subdivision immediately north. Much

of these neighborhoods' fencing was blown down, several carport stanchions

were snapped or lifted, and at least three homes had partial roof shingle

lift. Windblown fencing and carport material impacted nearby structures,

shattering windows and damaging stucco siding. Wooden power poles and light

poles were leaning to the east and southeast. A few wood-framed buildings

under construction were partially destroyed, and two more unbraced garages

were blown in. South of SR 107, damage was more isolated - mainly to tree

limbs and some fences, but one automobile repair shop along La Lomita Road

had part of its sheet metal roof lifted off.

In all, several dozen homes and a few businesses had some damage, and hundreds

of large tree limbs were blown down with at least ten uprooted.

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 1257702. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.