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

2025-05-28 · near Port Isabel, Laguna Madre From Port of Brownsville To Arroyo Colorado, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

The Texas Coastal Oceanic Observing Network (TCOON) site at the US Coast Guard Station, along the west shore of the city of South Padre Island, recorded a peak gust of 41.21 knots as a squall line of strong thunderstorms moved across the Lower Texas coast. Time of the peak gust was 718 CST (818 CDT), but gale-force gusts persisted from 715 until 748 CST (815 until 848 CDT).

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 1266328. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.