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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
811 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/09/2026 FOR MICROBURST EVENT FROM
HARLINGEN TO LAURELES,TX...
OVERVIEW
DURING THE MORNING OF MAY 9, 2026, A MICROBURST
DESCENDED FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND CAUSED ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ROOFS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, FENCES,
HOMES, TRAILERS, AND POWER POLES AS WELL AS TREES IN NORTH-
CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS. THERE WERE 3 INJURIES THAT WE
KNOW OF. ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR AND WERE RESIDENCE OF MOBILE
HOMES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MICROBURST WINDS
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 65-80 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 12.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 1 MILE
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 3
START DATE: MAY 9, 2026
START TIME: 1007 AM CDT
START LOCATION: HARLINGEN, TX
START LAT/LON: 26.16/-97.68
END DATE: MAY 9, 2026
END TIME: 1032 AM CDT
END LOCATION: LAURELES, TX
END LAT/LON: 26.11/-97.48
SUMMARY: JUST AFTER 1000 AM CDT MAY 9, 2026, A STRONG MICROBURST
DESCENDED FROM A SQUALL LINE CAUSING DAMAGE ALONG A NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST ORIENTED LINE STARTING FROM HARLINGEN, TX CONTINUING THROUGH
LAURELES, TX, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, SEVERAL HOMES, POWERLINES,
POLES, FENCES, CROPS, AND TREES. OVERALL, AT LEAST A DOZEN HOMES HAD
VARIOUS DEGREES OF DAMAGE. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS TO A POORLY CONSTRUCTED
SINGLE WIDE TYPE STRUCTURE. AT LEAST 5 RVS/MOBILE HOMES (WITH WHEELS;
UNANCHORED) WERE DAMAGED. HUNDREDS OF MEDIUM TO LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN
DOWN. SEVERAL SIGNS INCLUDING BILLBOARDS WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLES AND
LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN A UNILATERAL DIRECTION. AT LEAST A DOZEN WOODEN POLES
SNAPPED ON OR NEAR SAN JOSE ROAD. ADDITIONALLY, AT LEAST 45,000 CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER AT PEAK OR JUST AFTER THE STORMS CROSSED THE IH-2 CORRIDOR AND
THROUGH CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY. THIS MAY INCLUDE BAYVIEW AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE TOM HUSHEN - CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR, AND
EDDIE GUERRA - CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FIRE SERVICE FOR THEIR
HELP DURING THE SURVEY.
THE STORM SURVEY INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BRO, AND VIA OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS (@NWSBROWNSVILLE).
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING
FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
EVBUOMA/MARCELLONI/CHAI/GOLDSMITH
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