Waterspout, Brazoria
- When
- September 2, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County, 2 mi SE of Freeport
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 29.168, -95.434 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Texas, September 2, 1999
1 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Brazoria
- When
- September 2, 12:06 PM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County, 12 mi W of Freeport
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.168, -95.434 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud reported near CR 469 just off of FM 2918.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, September 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2 to 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, September 2, 1999
- Waterspouts in Florida, September 2, 1999
- Cold in California, September 2 to 3, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, September 2, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, September 2, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Wyoming, September 2, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, September 2, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, September 2, 1999
- Flood in Guam, September 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 1999
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: 5717572, 5717573.