# Derecho-Like Storms Batter Texas Coast with 119 mph Winds

About this episode

The episode discusses a derecho-like storm that impacted the Texas Gulf Coast with extreme winds and damage.

Listeners, in the past week, a powerful line of severe thunderstorms unleashed what appears to be a derecho-like event along the Texas Gulf Coast, packing devastating winds that battered communities on May 1. The U.S. National Weather Service reports preliminary data showing wind gusts hitting 119 miles per hour in Calhoun County near Point Comfort, toppling homes, damaging vehicles, and causing widespread havoc from a series of rapidly moving storms fueled by a strong cold front. A WeatherFlow HurrNet station at Point Comfort clocked that peak gust, confirming extreme conditions that qualify as a highly destructive windstorm, with surrounding areas like Palacios recording 77 mph blasts. Space City Weather notes similar thunderstorm activity across the Houston region that day, bringing damaging winds alongside heavy rain up to 4 inches in spots, though major flooding was avoided as bayous stayed within banks. No confirmed tornadoes were tied to this specific outbreak, but the straight-line winds fit the profile of a widespread, long-lived event stretching over dozens of miles. Cleanup continues in affected Texas areas, with gusty northerly winds lingering into May 2 before…

Topics covered

• severe thunderstorms
• derecho
• Texas weather
• wind damage
• storm cleanup

Keywords

• derecho
• thunderstorms
• Texas
• wind gusts
• storm damage
• National Weather Service
• cleanup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. National Weather Service, WeatherFlow HurrNet, Space City Weather

Places: Texas Gulf Coast, Calhoun County, Point Comfort, Palacios, Houston

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