Thunderstorm Wind in Uvalde County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind May 19, 2026 · Uvalde County, Texas

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

$25K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A possible concentrated downburst in the Uvalde area accompanying a line of thunderstorms caused strong straight-line winds. The winds damaged a gas station canopy, causing some buckling of the metal roof truss and blowing roof panels from the canopy.

The wider storm

A slow southward-moving cold front tracked into South-Central Texas, producing a line of strong to severe thunderstorms which advanced ahead of the front as it encountered a moist and unstable airmass on the evening of May 19 into the early hours of May 20. The storms produced swaths of severe winds and some large hail. Locally heavy rain that led to some flash flooding mainly north of the Austin area and in the Hill Country.

Began near Uvalde (29.2100, -99.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1335045. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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