Thunderstorm Wind — Nueces, Texas

2015-04-22 · near Petronila, Nueces, Texas

$3.0M

Property damage

61 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

NWS storm survey indicated straight-line winds caused damage along Farm to Market Road 665 around the intersection with Farm to Market Road 43. Wind speeds were estimated to be around 70 mph. Forty five power poles along with power lines were blown down. One home had part of its roof blown off by the winds.

Wider weather episode

Several supercells developed and tracked east-southeast along a nearly stationary front stretching from the Hill Country to South Texas into the central Gulf of Mexico. These storms contained very large hail, up to tennis ball size near Austwell, and very strong winds greater than 60 mph. Wind damage and flash flooding occurred with these severe thunderstorms also.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 573939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.