Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 20 mi S of Conroe
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.030, -95.450
3 foot diameter tree uprooted just north of The Woodlands
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21 to 23, 1997
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Houston radar (KHGX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chambers
- When
- August 22, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, Monroe City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -94.580
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 23, 1:27 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Cut and Shoot
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.330, -95.350
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Colorado, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
More
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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: 5618343, 5618344, 5618345.