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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
823 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 1ST, 2026
.DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS FROM COLETO CREEK RESERVOIR TO
PLACEDO TO POINT COMFORT...
PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 40 MILES
PATH MAX WIDTH: 6.5 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAY 1ST, 2026
START TIME: 1:50PM CDT
END DATE: MAY 1TH, 2026
END TIME: 2:35PM CDT
A POTENT MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE DEVELOPED A FEW EVENLY SPACED STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS, THAT MOVED SOUTHEASTWARD
INTO THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION (LIVE OAK TO REFUGIO COUNTIES
EASTWARD). ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF THE
SURFACE COLD FRONT, THEY INTERACTED WITH EACH OTHER, LIKELY
ENHANCING THE NORTHERNMOST STORM'S INTENSITY THROUGH A PHENOMENA
CALLED GWAC (GRAVITY WAVE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION).
THE NORTHERNMOST STORM DEVELOPED A WELL-DEFINED REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT
(RFD) GUST FRONT AS IT ENTERED NORTH-CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY AROUND
1:15PM CDT. THE STORM INTENSIFIED WITH A BOWING SEGMENT ALONG THE
RFD HIGHLIGHTED BY STRONG REFLECTIVITY AROUND THE COLETO CREEK
RESERVOIR, WHERE THE FIRST DAMAGE OF RVS ROLLED OVER WERE REPORTED
SHORTLY AFTER 1:50PM CDT. SOON AFTER, THE REAR INFLOW JET DESCENDED
TO THE SURFACE AND PRODUCED 60-90 MPH WINDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HWY-59 AND HWY-77; LARGE BRANCHES BROKE WITH POWER POLES LEANING.
FURTHER INTENSIFICATION WAS EVIDENT LATER ON BETWEEN 2:00-2:20PM CDT
ALONG AND BETWEEN HWY-185 TO HWY-87 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DERNAL,
GUADALUPE, DACOSTA, AND PLACEDO. THIS IS WHERE THE GREATEST DAMAGE
WAS OBSERVED; MANY MANUFACTURED HOMES SUFFERED FROM SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE, WINDOWS BLOWN OUT, AND SOME WALLS COLLAPSED. IN ADDITION,
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN, TREES UPROOTED, AND
NUMEROUS POWER POLES LEANED OR WERE COMPLETELY SNAPPED/BROKEN.
THE DANGEROUSLY STRONG WINDS CONTINUED EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN
MATAGORDA BAY, WHERE LESS FRICTION AND OBSTRUCTION AMPLIFIED WINDS TO
100-120 MPH INTO POINT COMFORT FROM 2:30-2:35PM CDT. AROUND 33 POWER
POLES AND 4 DOUBLE POLE TRANSMISSION LINES WERE DAMAGED IN POINT
COMFORT, ALIGNING WITH THE 119 MPH WIND GUST OBSERVED AT A
WEATHERFLOW HURRNET SITE. ANOTHER MESONET STATION NEARBY MEASURED A
WIND GUST TO 98 MPH AND A THIRD STATION RECORDED A GUST OF ~114 MPH
(WHEN ACCOUNTING FOR FRICTION, SINCE THE ACTUAL MEASUREMENT WAS 180
FEET AGL). A FEW MANUFACTURED HOMES EXPOSED CLOSEST TO THE BAY
SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE.
JARED/YORK RD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/01/2026
START TIME: 02:02 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W DACOSTA / VICTORIA COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 28.7221 / -96.9436
END DATE: 05/01/2026
END TIME: 02:06 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 WNW DACOSTA / VICTORIA COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 28.7263 / -96.9274
SURVEY SUMMARY:
EVIDENCE OF A HIGH-END EF-1 (110MPH) TORNADO WAS FOUND IN SOUTH-
CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY. DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWED A SCOUR TRACK THAT
BEGAN OVER FARMLAND BETWEEN CROUCH RD AND HWY-185, AND ENDED NEAR
CROUCH RD EAST OF YORK RD ALONG WITH A TRACK OF DEBRIS. IN
BETWEEN, SEVERAL MANUFACTURED HOMES ON JARED RD, LEXIE LN, AND
YORK RD SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, BROKEN WINDOWS, AND
SCATTERED DEBRIS CORRELATED TO CIRCULATION OF A TORNADO. ONE
MANUFACTURED HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALONG JARED RD. THE
TORNADO TRACK WAS FOUND TO BE AROUND 1.1 MILES LONG AND A WIDTH
OF AROUND 400 YARDS, SPANNING FROM 2:02-2:06PM CDT.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
CLM/EMF
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