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Laguna Madre From 5nm N of Pt Mansfield To Baffin Bay Tx, Gulf of Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2008 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
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The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
TCOON site at Rincon del San Jose measured a wind gust of 40 mph.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
TCOON site at Rincon del San Jose measured a wind gust of 93 mph at 730 PM CDT, with changing wind directions. Gale force winds (34 knots or higher) arrived at approximately 721 PM, and soon reached Storm force (50.54 knots) at 724 PM. Winds peaked at 80.86 knots at 730 PM and re…
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TCOON site Rincon Del San Jose measured a wind gust of 61 mph.
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The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) buoy at Rincon del San Jose recorded a gust of 36.54 knots at 8:18 PM CST from outflow associated with a decaying line of thunderstorms.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Texas Coastal Oceanic Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose, in Laguna Madre within Kenedy County, recorded a peak gust of 49.18 knots at 1006 PM CST (1106 PM CDT) from a strong thunderstorm that moved across the area during the late evening of May 8th, 2025. …
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The C-MAN station at Rincon del San Jose recorded a wind gust of 34. knots, with winds above gale force continuing for perhaps up to six minutes, from developing thunderstorms early on March 27th.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The C-MAN station at Rincon del San Jose recorded a wind gust just above 36 knots, with winds above gale force continuing for perhaps about a half hour, from a band of thunderstorms during the early evening of March 27th.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The C-MAN station at Rincon del San Jose recorded a wind gust just below 36 knots, with winds above gale force continuing for perhaps about a 12 to 15 minutes, from a band of thunderstorms during the mid evening of March 27th.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The C-MAN station at Rincon del San Jose recorded a wind gust just below 36 knots, with winds above gale force continuing for perhaps about a eight minutes, from another band of thunderstorms during the mid evening of March 27th.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The C-MAN station at Rincon del San Jose recorded a wind gust of 39. knots, with winds above gale force continuing for perhaps up to six minutes, from developing thunderstorms late on March 26th.
Marine Strong Wind Marine Strong Wind
A buoy near Port Mansfield reported a peak wind gust of 50 mph.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
A buoy at Rincon del San Jose reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 37 kts. These thunderstorm winds were associated with Tropical Storm Alberto.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Buoy station RSJT2 Rincon Del San Jose recorded a wind gust of 42 mph.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Buoy station RSJT2 Rincon Del San Jose recorded a peak wind gust of 55 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) observing platform at Rincon del San Jose (Laguna Madre in Kenedy County) recorded a peak gust of 42.9 knots at 118 PM. Initial gusts reached 38.1 knots at 1 pm CDT and continued at gale force through 242 pm CDT.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Gale force gusts began at 1206 PM and continued to 1230 PM. The location in Laguna Madre is just south of Baffin Bay, which was where the observing platform is (immediately north of this location, as proxy.
Marine Tropical Storm Marine Tropical Storm
As Tropical Storm Harold passed over the Lower Texas coastal waters on August 22nd, this portion of the Laguna Madre saw tropical storm-force winds between 10:24AM CDT and 10:36AM CDT, the time-frame captured by the Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 knots at 1:48PM CDT during a thunderstorm on June 5th. Winds gusted over 34 knots between 1:48PM CDT until 1:54PM CDT.
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The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) reported wind gusts above 34 knots associated with a line of storms at 4:00AM CDT with a gust of 39 knots.
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The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) reported wind gusts above 34 knots associated with a line of storms starting at 12:54AM CDT and lasting until 1:18AM CDT. The highest gust was measured at 43 knots at 1:00AM CDT.
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The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) reported wind gusts above 34 knots associated with a squall line starting at 12:18PM CDT and lasting until 1:00PM CDT. The highest gust was measured at 49 knots at 12:30PM CDT. Additional gusts …
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The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) reported wind gusts measured at 34 knots associated with a cold front producing a broken line of showers and thunderstorms at 4:18AM CDT.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
A late-May cold front brought a strong line of showers and thunderstorms along with it. The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) suddenly gusted to 40 knots at 5:00AM CDT and remained above 34 knots through 6:06AM CDT. The highest meas…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
A line of thunderstorms pushed off the coast and over the Laguna Madre and Coastal Waters the morning of May 24th. The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) began gusting over 34 knots at 9:54AM CDT and continued until 10:18AM CDT. The …
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A cold front brought a line of showers that swept through the Lower Texas Coast. A peak gust of 36 knots was recorded at the Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2) at 8:36PM CST. Several gusts at or above 34 knots were recorded between 8…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
A line of showers and thunderstorms associated with a cold front swept through the Lower Texas Coast and over Gulf waters out to 60 nm. A peak gust of 40 knots was recorded at 3:54PM CST at the Rincon del San Jose, TX (RSJT2) Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site. Se…
Marine Hurricane/Typhoon Marine Hurricane/Typhoon
As Hurricane Hanna passed over the Lower Texas coastal waters on July 25th, this portion of the Laguna Madre saw hurricane-force winds between 13:12 and 15:54 CST, the time-frame captured by the RSJT2 buoy. Tropical storm-force winds preceded and followed this period of hurricane…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
As a Mesoscale Convective Complex (MCC) moved offshore Deep South Texas and into the lower Texas coastal waters on the morning of May 25th, a strong surge of marine thunderstorm winds moved off the coast of Kenedy County. Buoy RLIT2 recorded gusts near 46 knots from 7 to 7:12 AM …
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On May 21st, isolated thunderstorms developed over the coastal waters of the Laguna Madre near Kenedy county. One of these storms briefly moved over the RSJT2 buoy and produced gusts ranging from 35-37 knots consistently between 6:24 and 6:42 PM.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
An upper level disturbance allowed strong thunderstorms to develop across the lower Texas coastal waters on May 16th. Some of these thunderstorms produced strong winds, and buoy RSJT2 recorded a gust of 46 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Strong thunderstorms continued to move over the lower Texas waters as a cold front stalled/slowed over Deep South Texas and over the associated coastal waters. Some of these storms moved over the RSJT2 buoy on the morning of May 9th and the buoy recorded gusts of 36 knots for alm…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Strong thunderstorms continued to move over the lower Texas waters early on May 9th as a cold front stalled/slowed over Deep South Texas and over the associated coastal waters. Some of these storms moved over the RSJT2 buoy on the morning of May 9th and the buoy recorded gusts of…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
As the MCS/squall line passed over the Laguna Madre, marine thunderstorm gusts were measured by the buoy at Rincon del San Jose, approximately 15 miles north of Port Mansfield, which reported 53 mph winds.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network site at Baffin Bay, just a couple miles north of the northern Laguna Madre, recorded wind gusts just shy of 50 knots as a slowly decaying mini-supercell thunderstorm passed over the site. Values used here are proxy to the nearby locatio…
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The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose reported a peak gust of nearly 40 knots at 8 AM CST, part of a 30 minute stretch of Gale force gusts associated with a east-moving squall line.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose near the Land Cut along Laguna Madre in southeast Kenedy County reported gusts to 35 knots between 1042 and around 1053 PM CST on May 20th, 2018.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) location at Rincon del San Jose within the Kenedy County portion of the Laguna Madre near the Land Cut recorded a peak gust of 40 knots at 330 AM April 14th, during a one-hour period of gale force gusts as a line of strong thunder…
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Baffin Bay TCOON station reported peak thunderstorm wind gust of 40 knots at 0648 CST.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Baffin Bay TCOON site reported peak thunderstorm wind gust of 39 knots at 2036 CST.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Rincon del San Jose TCOON site reported peak thunderstorm wind gust of 36 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
TCOON site at Baffin Bay reported peak thunderstorm wind gust of 37 knots at 2348 CST.
Marine Strong Wind Marine Strong Wind
Media reported an 18 foot boat capsized 15 miles north of Port Mansfield in 3 feet of water. The four occupants were rescued by helicopter and taken to Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport. No injuries reported. Wind gusts estimated.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Rincon del San Jose TCOON site reported marine thunderstorm wind gust of 34 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The Rincon del San Jose TCOON site reported a peak thunderstorm wind gust of 36 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Baffin Bay TCOON site reported numerous thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, with a peak sustained wind of 49 knots at 1142 pm LST and a peak gust of 58 knots at 1154 pm LST.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Rincon del San Jose TCOON site reported numerous thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 34 knots with a peak sustained wind of 38 knots and a peak gust of 49 knots at midnight LST.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
TCOON station at Rincon del San Jose reported numerous thunderstorm wind gusts of gale force, with a peak wind gust of 38 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
TCOON station at Baffin Bay reported several fale force thunderstorm wind gusts, with a peak wind gust of 35 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
The TCOON station in Baffin Bay reported gale force thunderstorm wind gusts, with a peak wind gust of 35 knots.
Marine Thunderstorm Wind Marine Thunderstorm Wind
Rincon del San Jose TCOON site reported numerous thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 34 knots with a peak gust of 42 knots.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 14 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
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