Power Outage in Rockport, TX

Tornado touched down on Belaire Drive removing the roof from one home with debris blown into another home across the street. Several power poles were snapped.

Widespread major damage occurred across the county with a few areas having catastrophic damage. Catastrophic damage was located across Copano Village, Holiday Beach, and Lamar with many homes, some elevated, with second stories completely collapsed. Nearly every structure was greatly impacted. A couple of brick homes were destroyed near Copano Village. Catastrophic damage occurred to homes in the Copano Ridge area. Nearly all the trees in the Holiday Beach, Lamar, and Goose Island State Park area were without leaves with many trees snapped or uprooted. ||Most of Rockport and Fulton experienced widespread major structural damage. Several homes in the Key Allegro subdivision collapsed. Exterior walls collapsed on the high school gymnasium, on several churches, and on several new hotels. Upper floors of several apartment buildings were removed. Mobile homes and recreational vehicles were demolished. Billboard signs were blown down. Numerous power poles were blown down or snapped. Six hangars were demolished at the Aransas County Airport along with many airplanes. The county remained without power for 2 to 3 weeks. A mesonet wind sensor at Aransas County Airport recorded sustained winds around 110 mph with a peak gust to 150 mph. ||Nearly 1500 homes were destroyed, almost 3800 homes suffered major damage, and 5350 homes suffered minor damage. There were 175 businesses with major damage.

Power poles were blown down southwest of Rockport.

At the Cove Harbor Marina signs were snapped and roofs partially damaged. Several power lines and trees were reported downed throughout the city of Rockport.

Straight-line winds ripped the patio roof off the bait shop at the Fin and Feather RV park. Two power poles were knocked down and a vehicle was damaged in the parking lot.

Damage was confined to power lines blown down north of Aransas Pass, along Highway 35.

A wake low formed in the early morning hours across the Coastal Bend, well behind a squall line that had pushed into the Gulf of Mexico. A wind gust to 61 mph was recorded at the Matagorda RAWS station and 55 mph at the Rockport ASOS site. The high winds, caused by the wake low, resulted in damage throughout the city of Rockport. Several business signs were damaged. A gas station canopy was blown over. Several roofs on area homes were also damaged. Downed power lines were reported throughout the county.

County sheriff reported downed power lines.