WUUS54 KCRP 190418 SVRCRP TXC283-479-190500- /O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0033.260519T0418Z-260519T0500Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1118 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026 The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern La Salle County in south central Texas... Northern Webb County in south central Texas... * Until midnight CDT. * At 1118 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Gilson Groves to La Esperanza Ranch Airport to 6 miles northeast of Las Tiendas to near Columbia Bridge to 10 miles west of Ranchos Penitas West, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Laredo, Encinal, Las Tiendas, Botines, Unitec Industrial Park, La Esperanza Ranch Airport, Doctors Hospital Of Laredo, Ranchos Penitas West, Orvil, Columbia Bridge, and Callaghan. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 7 and 49. US Highway 83 between mile markers 672 and 698. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 2812 9977 2822 9915 2800 9907 2779 9918 2761 9937 2758 9953 2761 9955 2760 9958 2764 9960 2763 9964 2766 9967 2766 9971 2778 9982 2776 9984 2780 9985 2780 9988 2784 9988 2788 9991 2791 9990 2794 9994 TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 262DEG 38KT 2817 9965 2805 9958 2795 9954 2776 9965 2763 9977 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ AE