Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 27 at 12:49AM CDT until May 27 at 1:45AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 26, 2026 - 10:49pm
Expires:
May 26, 2026 - 11:45pm
Description:
At 1249 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near San Diego,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Kingsville, Alice, San Diego, Benavides, Driscoll, Bishop, Orange
Grove, San Patricio, Ricardo, Alfred-South La Paloma, Bluntzer,
Banquete, San Jose, Westdale, Ben Bolt, Sandia, Palito Blanco,
Tecalote, Alice Acres, and Alfred.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 37 between mile markers 29 and 33.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 656 and 694.
US Highway 77 between mile markers 678 and 700.
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.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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:
Duval, TX; Jim Wells, TX; Kleberg, TX; Nueces, TX; San Patricio, TX
Forcast Office:
NWS Corpus Christi TX
Sender: