Power Outage in Mercedes, TX

Thunderstorm Wind. An NWS Storm Survey in and around the McAllen-Miller International Airport found a Cessna had been flipped onto its roof and a Gulfstream jet turned and pushed into the grass by strong thunderstorm winds. The McAllen-Miller International Airport ASOS (KMFE) officially recorded a wind gust of 74 mph before losing power. Wind estimates were closer to 74 knots, or 85 mph, due to the flipping of the Cessna. Additional damage was found downstream, or east, of the airport with large oak tree branches having been snapped and one oak tree snapped near its base at the McAllen Country Club. The roof of the Radisson Hotel McAllen Airport (0.5-1 mile east-southeast of the airport) was partially blown off and fell onto cars in the parking lot. The survey crew was told the roof was 3 years old with the building older than that. Decking was estimated to have been 55 feet above ground level and was fully exposed from the west. While winds are estimated to have been 74 knots, or 85 mph, it is possible higher winds were experienced at the roofline. Timing based on KMFE wind gusts before losing power.

April 28, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. An NWS Storm Survey in southeastern Hidalgo County found metal roofs, large tree branches snapped, the top of a small palm tree snapped off and flung several yards, numerous power poles downed and a destroyed mobile home along Mile 3 Rd N between FM491 and Mile 2 E.

April 28, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. The ASOS station at McAllen-Miller International Airport observed winds equaling or exceeding 50 knots between 12:20AM CDT and 12:40AM CDT before briefly losing power shortly thereafter. The strongest wind gust of 64 knots was recorded at 12:34AM CDT. There was significant damage in and around the airport, including a Cessna that had been flipped and a Gulfstream aircraft that had been moved. Damage at the airport is listed in a later report from the NWS Storm Survey.

April 28, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Power lines and crop damage (light to severe) were reported by the COOP observer in McCook. He also reported pea to nickel sized hail as the storms rolled through.

May 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. A quick-developing severe thunderstorm formed in the farm and ranchlands of extreme southwestern Hidalgo County along the Starr County line around 530 PM on June 18th, then raced through Sullivan City before crossing the Rio Grande into northern Tamaulipas, Mexico. The storm produced damaging straight-line winds at a colonia in unincorporated Hidalgo County just north of the city limits. Nine residences had partial or total roof damage, three recreational vehicles were flipped, and at least three dozen mesquite trees had a combination of large limbs blown down or were broken/cracked at the base. All damage was facing to the south or south-southwest, in the direction of the storm motion. Each residence was a manufactured home or mobile trailer; one was uninhabited, and one was tilted after being blown off of its pier/block foundation with no visible anchorage. All of the damaged buildings had poor to very poor roof connections.||Each of the recreational vehicles was not anchored properly to the ground. Two were older and rusted, but a third was newer but only sitting on jack pallets. The third vehicle weighed more than three tons, and was a key reason for the top wind speed estimate of 70 mph. A nearby older construction manufactured single-wide home was undamaged, and nearby power lines/poles and mesquite trees had no visible damage.

June 18, 2020

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@grid_events - May 14, 2022 11:15

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@SouthTexasISD - February 16, 2022 21:40

Anyone have any power outages? There have been some. Current wind gusts are in the 45 to 50 mph range across the RG… https://t.co/emX25Ov45w

@KRGV_Weather - February 16, 2022 19:06

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@LPerez_222 - January 19, 2022 16:42

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@grid_events - December 11, 2021 17:00