Thunderstorm Wind, Brewster
- When
- May 6, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brewster County, Alpine
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -103.670
Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
KVLF radio reported a trailer had been blown over by high winds.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
KVLF radio reported a trailer had been blown over by high winds.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 225 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 6 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5576902.