Hail, Chambers
- When
- April 3, 2:44 AM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, 4 mi E of Wallisville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.833, -94.667
Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 2000
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $145,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:41 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Galveston
- When
- April 3, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Galveston County, High Is
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.567, -94.400
Power pole snapped and transmission line down.
Tornado, Chambers
- When
- April 3, 3:04 AM CST to 3:06 AM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, 11 mi SE of Anahuac
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -94.550
Tornado near FM 1985 with rice dryers demolished and major tree damage at several homes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brazoria
- When
- April 3, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County, Clute
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.017, -95.400
Tree and telephone pole down.
What these are
- 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, April 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2000Warnings 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: 5143373, 5143374, 5143671, 5143672.