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May 23, 2017

Severe Storm Closes Laredo Bridge III

I don't know if anyone saw this on the news but it was initially classified as a tornado and then downgraded to a "tromba" which I still translate into a small tornado. Not important.

Bridge III is the commercial crossing and the traffic has been diverted to the Colombia Bridge. Important if anyone is crossing there because they will be sending 7000 trailers a day through there.

Nuevo Laredo Tornado/Thunderstorm
  • ....fog on the Baja means super humid warm air at ground level hitting very cold ocean water (advection)...

    I just checked the near real-time SST-A (sea surface temperature anomalies) off the Baja Pacific-side, and they are running from -0.6 to -1.3 C below "normal" ( 16.7C to 19.1C....then down at the tip 25.2C and in the Gulf in the 25C range ), except right at the tip of the peninsula...
  • On the extreme -other coast- we are experiencing very odd (but tame) weather. Summer in San Francisco, type fog. This is my last week here. Onward through the fog..
  • GTLA:

    ....the public was the entity that reported possible "tornado on the ground" at locales: 2200 UTC 5/21/2017 Arnaudville.

    Also, a tornado appears to have been confirmed in Fort Bend county; and Brookshire, in Waller County, between 255 PM to 310 PM, on 5/21/2017.

    I have mapped of all the May 21st report locations from the Laredo area (if anyone wants to see it).

    ....there were some hail and 1 or 2 strong wind reports near Laredo, but not in Larado on May 20th, but nothing as severe as the May 21st outbreak of downdraft and outflow winds, and recordings of ~70 MPH wind gusts, and 2.5 inch hail stones...