Thunderstorm Wind, Webb
- When
- August 22, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webb County, 16 mi SW of Laredo
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.383, -99.650
County Sheriff reported thunderstorm winds damaged mobile homes in El Cenizo.
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 22, 2000
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 215 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Webb
- When
- August 22, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webb County, 16 mi SW of Laredo
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.761, -99.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several streets in El Cenizo were flooded by heavy rainfall.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, August 22 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, August 22, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 22, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 22, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2000
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: 5164529, 5164530.