Funnel Cloud, Harris
- When
- April 2, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Baytown
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud near Exxon Plant in Baytown.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 2000
4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brazoria
- When
- April 2, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County, Clute
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.017, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Galveston
- When
- April 2, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County, League City
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -95.100
Large tree limbs down on FM 270.
Hail, Chambers
- When
- April 2, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, Oak Island
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -94.700
Hail, Chambers
- When
- April 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, 7 mi N of Winnie
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.917, -94.383
Hail, Galveston
- When
- April 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County, Galveston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.300, -94.817
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Hail in Texas, April 2, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2000
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: 5143368, 5143367, 5143369, 5143370, 5143371, 5143372.