Thunderstorm Wind in Uvalde County, Texas

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm struck just south of the Uvalde downtown area. The damage began five miles southwest of Uvalde and continued south of the town to 7 miles east of the Uvalde airport. The most widespread of the damage was southwest of the city in the Uvalde estates area. Nearly all debris was reported by emergency management to have blown toward the east in an area approximately 3 miles wide and 5 miles long. Damage in this area included damage to about 100 homes and mobile homes. Many of the mobile homes were overturned or rolled and destroyed, with some of the damage occurring while occupants were still inside their mobile homes. Scores of roofs were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees were knocked over, with pieces of sheet metal, aluminum, tree branches and broken glass everywhere. Miraculously, there were no deaths and no serious injuries. The type of damage and the fact that nearly all the debris was blown toward the east indicates that nearly all of this damage was due to severe thunderstorm winds. Wind speeds in this event were estimated to be between 80 and 90 mph. This wind damage became spotty as the storm continued eastward...moving just south of the Uvalde downtown area.