Texas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/18/2026 21:18

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 11:18PM CDT until May 19 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 9:18pm
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description: 
SVRCRP The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern La Salle County in south central Texas... Northern Webb County in south central Texas... * Until midnight CDT. * At 1118 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Gilson Groves to La Esperanza Ranch Airport to 6 miles northeast of Las Tiendas to near Columbia Bridge to 10 miles west of Ranchos Penitas West, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Laredo, Encinal, Las Tiendas, Botines, Unitec Industrial Park, La Esperanza Ranch Airport, Doctors Hospital Of Laredo, Ranchos Penitas West, Orvil, Columbia Bridge, and Callaghan. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 7 and 49. US Highway 83 between mile markers 672 and 698.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description: 
La Salle, TX; Webb, TX
Forcast Office: 
NWS Corpus Christi TX