1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 29, 1:48 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 248 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN A PLAYER IN SE TX WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. HOWEVER...THE TUTT WILL BE DRIFTING WEST OVER SE TX LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS...DRIER AIR THAT IS EVIDENT IN THE WATER VAPOR WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TO BRING A BRIEF DRIER WEATHER PATTERN. LIKED A COMBINATION OF THE GFS AND THE ETA THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN A COMBINATION OF THE GFS AND ECMWF STARTING SUNDAY. THE WEAK PATTERN NEAR THE SURFACE MAY RESULT IN A SEABREEZE TRYING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF TOMORROW AND SATURDAY...HOWEVER FELT THAT THE CHANCES WERE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. THE POPS GET A BIT DICIER ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH THE TROUGH ALOFT DRIFING OVERHEAD. DECIDED TO ADD ISOLATED POPS TO MOST OR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN PUSH THOSE SLOWLY WESTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY TO INCLUDE LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY A SEABREEZE. ADDED POPS MONDAY...THEN STAYED WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED. FOR TEMPERATURES DECIDED TO GO CLOSE TO A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE MET AND FWC GUIDANCE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. KEPT THINGS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST BEYOND SATURDAY. PL-40 && .MARINE... NORTH WIND HOLDING ON AGAINST SEABREEZE EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. MAY SEE A LATE SHIFT IN THE WINDS BEFORE DROPPING L/V OVERNIGHT. MORE OR LESS THE SAME OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS AND NO SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE GRADIENT EITHER INLAND OR OVER THE GULF. BY MID WEEK HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE GULF INCREASING THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST GRADIENT OVER THE NORTH WEST GULF AND SENDING REMNANT FRONT BACK INLAND WELL NORTH OF THE COAST. 30 && .AVIATION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED 20-01Z POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE BIG AIRPORTS. BETTER CHANCE AT CLL WITH CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF AREA AT 230 PM. OUTFLOW FROM THIS ACTIVITY COULD REACH CLL 2O-22Z. OTHERWISE VFR CLOUD HEIGHTS THEN MOSTLY CLEAR 06-13Z TIME FRAME WITH WINDS LESS THAN 5 KNOTS. SIMILAR SCENARIO EXPECTED SATURDAY. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 71 98 72 98 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 72 97 71 97 72 / 30 10 10 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 80 92 80 92 80 / 30 10 10 10 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1249 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-301200- 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- 1249 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION UNDER 10 MPH WILL ALLOW SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Street signs blown down and 2x6 boards snapped in Surfside.
Quarter-size hail in Surfside.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2005
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: 5458963, 5458964.