Thunderstorm Wind in Nueces County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind March 28, 1999 · Nueces County, Texas

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

$5.5M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A severe thunderstorm produced an estimated 5.5 million dollars in damage at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi. NWS damage survey indicated a narrow band of microburst straight-line wind damage resulting in numerous large uprooted trees, hangar roof damage, downed power poles, several damaged and/or overturned planes. Navy official instrumentation located farther away from the narrow band of damage reported a peak wind of 68 mph.

Began near Corpus Christi Nas (27.7000, -97.2700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5694622. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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