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Marine Thunderstorm Wind December 18, 2021 · Laguna Madre From Port of Brownsville To Arroyo Colorado, Gulf of Mexico

39 mph

Measured gust (34 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A strong thunderstorm associated with a cold front developed between Port Mansfield and the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge late in the afternoon on December 18th. The Realitos Peninsula TCOON site recorded gusts of 34 knots between 6:54 PM CST and 7:18 PM CST.

The wider storm

A robust cold front swept through the Rio Grande Valley/Deep South Texas region and the Lower Texas coastal waters late in the afternoon of December 18th. A line of broken showers and thunderstorms developed along the cold front as it headed southeast through the region. Some of the thunderstorms produced strong winds that were recorded at some of the buoys and Texas Coastal Oceanic Observation Network (TCOON) sites as they moved through.

Began near Arroyo City (26.2620, -97.2850).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 990193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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