Kenedy County, TX hail & severe wind history
10 storm reports on file for Kenedy County between 2012-03-29 and 2026-05-22 — 8 hail and 2 severe thunderstorm wind. That averages 0.7 reports a year, and May is the busiest month.
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Reports by month for the current filter — the shape of Kenedy County’s storm season.
| Date | Type | Size / gust | Nearest location | Report detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 16:30 | Hail | 1" quarter | .69 mi N of Sarita | A quarter inch hail was reported by the public in Sarita, TX. The report was from a photo posted onto our NWSChat 2.0/Slack page. Time radar estimated. |
| 2026-05-22 18:18 | Wind | 81 kt 93 mph | 14.58 mi E of Armstrong | The Texas Coastal Oceanic Observation System platform at Rincon del San Jose, within Laguna Madre about one-third north of the Willacy/Kenedy County line, recorded a peak gust to 93 mph (80.86 knots) at 730 PM CDT. This location is used as a proxy to the nearby land mass in Coastal Kenedy County, and based on the inte… |
| 2025-11-01 19:04 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 0 mi N of Sarita | Law enforcement reported golf ball sized hail in Sarita, TX. |
| 2025-11-01 19:30 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 1.97 mi ESE of Turcotte | Border Patrol reported golf ball size hail at a checkpoint 14 miles south of Sarita, TX or 6.5 miles north of Armstrong, TX. |
| 2025-11-01 20:13 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 2.07 mi N of Mifflin | The public posted a social media video showing at least golf ball size hail in Sarita at the Sarita rest stop along US-77. |
| 2016-04-24 16:45 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 6.16 mi ENE of Norias | COOP observer in Armstrong reported golfball sized hail. |
| 2016-04-24 17:10 | Hail | 0.88" nickel | 0 mi N of Norias | Off duty NWS employee reported nickel sized hail on Highway 77 near Norias. |
| 2012-05-09 21:30 | Hail | 1" quarter | 2.23 mi E of Turcotte | Border patrol checkpoint 15 miles south of Sarita reported predominantly nickel size hail with embedded quarter size hail. |
| 2012-03-29 15:35 | Wind | 52 kt 60 mph | 10 mi SSE of Sarita | The Meteorologist-in-Charge of the NWS office in Brownsville witnessed a downburst/microburst about one mile east of U.S. Highway 77 approximately 10 miles south of Sarita. The microburst produced a tremendous amount of dust; winds were estimated the winds to be near 60 mph. |
| 2012-03-29 16:00 | Hail | 0.88" nickel | 2.07 mi S of Mifflin | Dime to nickel sized hail on Highway 77 was reported by the Border Patrol. |
Worst storm days in Kenedy County
| Date | Reports that day | Largest hail | Peak gust |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | 3 | 1.75" (golf ball) | — |
| 2016-04-24 | 2 | 1.75" (golf ball) | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 2 | 1" (quarter) | 93 mph |
| 2012-03-29 | 2 | 0.88" (nickel) | 60 mph |
| 2012-05-09 | 1 | 1" (quarter) | — |
Reports by year
Report counts are driven partly by how many people were around to report a storm, so recent years tend to look busier than the early 2010s. Treat the trend as a reporting trend, not purely a weather trend.
When does hail hit Kenedy County?
Across 4 years of records, May produced the most reports (3), followed by the months either side of it. Monthly totals:
| Month | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0.0% |
| February | 0 | 0.0% |
| March | 2 | 20.0% |
| April | 2 | 20.0% |
| May | 3 | 30.0% |
| June | 0 | 0.0% |
| July | 0 | 0.0% |
| August | 0 | 0.0% |
| September | 0 | 0.0% |
| October | 0 | 0.0% |
| November | 3 | 30.0% |
| December | 0 | 0.0% |
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About these numbers
Every row above is a report filed with the National Weather Service and archived in the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (FIPS 48261). Reports are eyewitness, trained-spotter and damage-survey observations, so they cluster near roads and towns and miss storms over empty country. Hail sizes are estimates. Damage figures are preliminary as filed and are never revised in this archive. Use this page for background, not for an insurance claim, a legal filing, or a roof assessment — for those, get the official record from NOAA directly.