EF0 Tornado — Bee, Texas

2019-04-07 · near (nir)nas Chase Fld B, Bee, Texas

Event narrative

The tornado touched down on Chase Field southeast of Beeville and traveled about a half of a mile across the airport property before dissipating. The tornado damaged around 50 unsecured recreational vehicles (RVs) and severely damaged or destroyed 12 RVs. Several hangars had roof damage with asphalt roofing materials blown off on to the airport tarmac. Several unsecured, full sized single-wide mobile homes were blown over also.

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level disturbance moved out of northern Mexico into South Texas from the evening of the 6th into the morning hours of the 7th. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the Brush Country during the early morning hours of the 7th. The storms moved into the coastal plains around daybreak on the 7th. Storms produced damaging winds near Beeville and Corpus Christi. A weak tornado damaged trailers near Beeville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 810040. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.