Thunderstorm Wind in Kleberg County, Texas

Large tree limbs were blown down along Lee Avenue in Kingsville.

A slow-moving cold front combined with strong instability and plentiful moisture to initially produce isolated severe thunderstorms in and near the Laredo area during the early evening hours of March 18th. Eventually, the storms became better organized and formed into a squall line mainly over the southern half of South Texas. Once they organized, the line intensified and moved rapidly toward the coast by the early morning hours of March 19th. Wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph were prevalent with the line of thunderstorms with isolated gusts up to 80 mph.