Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Duval, La Salle, Webb Counties TX

Source: NOAA · South Central Texas

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NOAA issued it on May 30, 2026, 2 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).

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NWS Corpus Christi TX has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southwestern Duval County, southern La Salle County, and Webb County in south central Texas until 1:00 AM CDT.

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Record type
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Affected area
South Central Texas
Issued
May 30, 2026
Issuing authority
NWS Corpus Christi TX

Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.

Record status: historical. It was issued 2 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in South Central Texas.

Alert Details

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Corpus Christi TX. Effective from May 18 at 11:56 PM CDT until May 19 at 1:00 AM CDT. Alert type code SVR.

Affected Areas

Southwestern Duval County, southern La Salle County, and Webb County in south central Texas. Locations impacted include Laredo, Encinal, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Texas A&M, Laredo International Airport, Botines, Unitec Industrial Park, Mirando City, La Esperanza Ranch Airport, Ranchos Penitas West, Oilton, Fort Ewell Site, United South High School, Aguilares, Ranchitos Las Lomas, St Augustine High School South Laredo, Doctors Hospital Of Laredo, Laredo Country Club, and Laredo Community College. Highways impacted: Interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 47; US Highway 59 between mile markers 778 and 824; US Highway 83 between mile markers 674 and 734.

What You Should Do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Move indoors immediately. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms.

Expected Conditions

At 11:56 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of Artesia Wells to near Ranchitos Las Lomas to 33 miles west of El Cenizo, moving southeast at 50 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail (1.00 inch). Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Source: Radar indicated.

Timeline

Alert effective May 18 at 11:56 PM CDT. Expires and ends May 19 at 1:00 AM CDT.

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NWS Corpus Christi TX has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southwestern Duval County, southern La Salle County, and Webb County in south central Texas until 1:00 AM CDT.
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This alert was issued by NOAA. The original notice is available at the source link at the bottom of this article.
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