Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 8, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Egypt
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 30.217, -95.567
Trees down along FM 1488 between FM 2972 and SH 242.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 8, 2001
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $30,000
- 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 8, 2:45 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:45 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 245 PM CST THU MAR 8 2001 LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION OVER THE HILL COUNTRY EXTENDING NORTH TO NORTH TEXAS WILL PROPAGATE TOWARDS NW ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS OVER CWFA HELPING KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK AND IS A KEY FACTOR IN MITIGATING STRONG CONVECTION AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MESO-ETA INDICATE FOCUS SHOULD BE ALONG AND S OF 850 MB AND SFC E-W TROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN SAGGING SOUTHWARD BY DURING EVENING TOWARDS IAH. SFC LOW SHOULD BE OVER REGION BY MID EVENING W/UPPER LOW TO THE NW (NEAR CLL). EXPECT MUCH OF CONVECTION TO BE OVER COASTAL WATERS BY LATE TONIGHT/EARLY MORNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DURING EVENING MAY PRODUCE 1-2 INCHES DESPITE FAST MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. EXPECT WIND BEHIND FRONT MEET SCA CRITERIA FOR COASTAL WATERS BUT JUST BELOW THRESHOLD FOR BAYS. AVN INDICATES INCREASE IN PW VALUES LATER ON SUNDAY TO 1.5 INCHES AS GULF OPENS UP. NEXT FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE BENIGN UNTIL NEXT FRONT ON THURSAY. 37/99 .KHGX...SCA 0-60 NM COASTAL WATERS. SCEC BAYS. CLL BB 050/064 047/066 053 +20 IAH BB 053/066 049/067 055 +20 GLS BB 058/066 055/067 062 +30
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 330 PM CST THU MAR 8 2001 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO OUR REGION TONIGHT. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW IS FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL MAINLY NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO HEMPSTEAD TO GALVESTON LINE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL AFFECT THE COLLEGE STATION AREA BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM...THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND GALVESTON BETWEEN 8 PM AND 3 AM. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY CAUSE SOME RUN-OFF PROBLEMS. MANY OF THE RIVERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE ABOVE BANKFULL. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER THESE RIVER BASINS MAY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ALSO...DUE TO UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS ALSO SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL TURNING OF THE WINDS THAT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. CHECK BACK WITH NOAA1 WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:31 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
GMZ330-335-350-TXZ197>199-210>214-226-227-235>238-090500- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 52 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 631 PM CST THU MAR 8 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM. SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON... GRIMES...HARRIS...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...WALLER... WASHINGTON...WHARTON...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SOUTHEAST TEXAS CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...COLUMBUS...SEALY...HEMPSTEAD...CONROE...EDNA... WHARTON...RICHMOND/ROSENBERG...METRO HOUSTON...CLEVELAND...PALACIOS... ANGLETON...FREEPORT...GALVESTON...AND ANAHUAC. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER. IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AFFECTS YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF OUTSIDE...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 8, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Oak Ridge North
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -95.433
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 8, 7:59 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, New Caney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -95.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty
- When
- March 8, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County, Cleveland Muni Arpt
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -95.000
Pine trees down west of airport.
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
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Flood in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 8, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, March 8, 2001
- Tornado in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2001
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: 5238592, 5238593, 5238594, 5238595.