Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Laguna Madre From Port of Brownsville To Arroyo Colorado, Gulf of Mexico

2025-05-27 · near Arroyo City, Laguna Madre From Port of Brownsville To Arroyo Colorado, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

The Texas Coastal Oceanic Observation Network (TCOON) location at Realitos Peninsula (along Laguna Madre near the entrance of Arroyo Colorado) recorded a peak gust of 35.57 knots along/just behind a decaying line of showers and embedded thunderstorms, between 630 and 636 AM CST (730 and 746 AM CDT). Gale force gusts persisted off and on for a little more than one hour.

Wider weather episode

A dissipating front combined with upper-level energy to produce two lines of thunderstorms on successive mornings in late May 2025. The first situation, a decaying line of broken showers and a few thunderstorms, raced southward across the Lower Texas Gulf/Laguna Madre waters during the early morning of the 27th. On May 28th, a more intense squall line developed inland and gradually moved into the nearshore Gulf waters. Gale-force wind gusts and torrential rainfall accompanied the second line in a few locations along the coast.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1266265. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.