EF1 tornado in Nueces County, Texas

The tornado touched down near Cunningham Middle School just north of Golihar Road where trees were snapped and uprooted. A residence just north of the school at the corner of Hudson and Stafford Streets sustained moderate roof damage and a had a fence blown down. The tornado continued to the northeast crossing Horne Road and parallel to Sarita Street. Dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted with many falling on homes or vehicles. Several residences suffered roof and siding damage in this area. Further northeast, the tornado hit a grocery store on Tarlton Street destroying a sign and blowing several windows out. Tree and minor roof damaged was observed northeast of this area as the tornado crossed Baldwin and Morgan Avenues. The last evidence of the tornado was at 16th Street and Crosstown Expressway where a nursery sustained damage and a baseball dugout was destroyed. Maximum winds were estimated around 90 mph.

A strong upper level disturbance moved out of northeast Mexico during the evening of the 23rd and into South Texas on the morning of the 24th. As the system reached northeast Mexico, a line of strong thunderstorms formed during the afternoon hours of the 23rd. The line of storms moved east across Laredo and then through the Brush Country during the evening hours. The storms produced flash flooding in Laredo. The line of thunderstorms intensified during the early morning hours of the 24th when it reached the Coastal Bend. The storms caused damage to trees and power lines across the Coastal Bend.