EF0 tornado in San Patricio County, Texas

NWS storm survey, photos, and video shared by media confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down near the Vostalpine plant near Highway 361 and private road 87A.

The tornado crossed Highway 361 and struck the TPCO plant where it flipped a commercial trailer. Three people were injured inside the trailer. The winds were estimated to be from 75 to 85 mph.

Abundant moisture over the region along with a potent upper level disturbance created another severe weather and heavy rain event across South Texas on May 15th. Around daybreak, storms moved into La Salle and McMullen counties where tornadoes produced damage near Woodward. The storms continued to the east and drifted southward with widespread 2 to 3 inches of rain across La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak and Bee counties. Flooding occurred near the cities of Cotulla, Encinal, George West, and Beeville. The storms tapped into even more moisture from the Gulf of Mexico along the coast and expanded into a strong squall line. Two tornadoes occurred in the Coastal Bend at Corpus Christi and at Gregory. The damage was primarily confined to a business on the south side of Corpus Christi. Three injuries occurred near Gregory when a construction trailor flipped at a construction site.