Texas, 2000Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 2000
August 2, 2000 · NWS HGX · 7 events in 2 counties and zones
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 17
- Property damage
- $305,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 2, 3:45 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -95.367
Numerous trees down in north and northeast parts of Houston. One car struck by tree.
Hail, Harris
- When
- August 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Aldine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.933, -95.383
Quarter sized hail reported at I-45 and FM 249.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 2, 4:00 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -95.367
Numerous trees down in northern and central parts of Houston.
Lightning, Harris
- When
- August 2, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Injuries
- 17 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck tree at Astroworld injuring 17 teenagers.
Hail, Harris
- When
- August 2, 4:29 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -95.367
Dime sized hail reported at Richmond and Chimney Rock.
Hail, Harris
- When
- August 2, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -95.367
Dime sized hail reported at Greenway Plaza.
Hail, Wharton
- When
- August 2, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County, East Bernard
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 29.533, -96.083
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 2, 20002 deaths · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2 to 3, 2000$2.4 million · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 2, 20005 injured · $107,000 · 5 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 2, 2000$110,000 · 1.75 in hail · 16 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000$175,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2000$110,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000$80,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 events
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 2, 2000$81,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000$47,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Wildfire in California, August 2 to 9, 2000$78,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 2, 2000$75,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 2, 2000$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
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: 5156339, 5156340, 5156341, 5156411, 5156408, 5156409, 5156410.