Funnel Cloud, Harris
- When
- July 22, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Seabrook
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sighted near Port Road.
Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 2005
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
- $13,000
- 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.
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 Jul 22, 8:51 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 8:51 AM CST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 951 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 .DISCUSSION... WEAK SHORTWAVE JUST TO OUR NORTHEAST IS POISED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE IN COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS (PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STILL AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES) WILL LEAD TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. STORMS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO FIRE ALONG THE COAST IN OUR UNCAPPED AIRMASS. WE COULD SEE SOME WATERSPOUTS WITH THE COASTAL WATERS ACTIVITY. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD...AND NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. IN THE TROPICS...THE LATEST FORECAST ON TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN KEEPS THE SYSTEM OFF THE U.S. EAST COAST. THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IN THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL IMPACT ON OUR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WEATHER. 42/35 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 94 76 95 75 93 / 50 30 30 30 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 92 75 93 75 92 / 50 30 30 30 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 90 83 91 82 91 / 50 30 40 20 50 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .TX...NONE. .GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:42 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 742 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238- 230200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY- WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 742 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 80S AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS NORTHEAST OF A COLLEGE STATION TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHERE REPEATED STORMS OCCUR. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 22, 2:43 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Lake Conroe Dam
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -95.550
Some tree damage.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Heat in Illinois, July 22 to 25, 2005
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 2005
- Rip Current in New Jersey, July 22, 2005
- Heat in Nebraska, July 22 to 24, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 22, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, July 22, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 22, 2005
More
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2005
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: 5458961, 5458962.