National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

The development of the late morning and early afternoon Lower Texas Gulf Coast sea breeze helped percolate showers just after noon on August 12th near the Cameron County coast toward Port Isabel. Sometime between noon and 1215 pm CST, a landspout developed approximately 5 miles southwest of Port Isabel, across open sand flats. No damage was reported; however, there were numerous eyewitnesses, since the event occurred along well traveled State Highway 48 between Port Isabel and the Brownsville Shrimp Basin during the middle of a summer day.

More information will be provided on this site, including local radar and other observational data, pending a quick case study investigation during the next week or so. Check back here for details!