Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 21 at 4:14AM CDT until May 21 at 4:30AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 21, 2026 - 2:14am
Expires:
May 21, 2026 - 2:30am
Description:
At 414 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Palito Blanco to Ben Bolt to 8 miles northwest of
Kingsville to near Ricardo, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kingsville, Alice, Driscoll, Bishop, Ben Bolt, Palito Blanco, Alice
Acres, Kingsville Naval Air Station, Agua Dulce, and Lake Alice.
This includes the following highways...
US Highway 281 between mile markers 674 and 690.
US Highway 77 between mile markers 676 and 696.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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:
Jim Wells, TX; Kleberg, TX; Nueces, TX
Forcast Office:
NWS Corpus Christi TX
Sender: