2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Apr 21, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 430 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED...SPC HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT THROUGH 14Z. SQUALL LINE GETTING ITS ACT TOGETHER. MAIN THRUST OF THE LINE WILL BE E-SE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. NEW ZONES OUT SHORTLY. 43 ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HEADING TOWARD THE REGION. AT 08Z...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHV TO ACT TO JCT LINE. THE FRONT IS PUSHING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM NEAR CALDWELL TO COTULLA. IT APPEARS THAT THIS MORNINGS STORMS WILL FIRE ON THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND A FEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP ON THE ACTUAL FRONT THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE COAST. GFS DRIES THINGS OUT RATHER QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THE DRYING TREND. 250 MB WINDS REMAIN DIVERGENT THROUGH 18Z AND A SPEED MAX WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. PWS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 1.5 INCHES ALONG THE COAST...SO WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST POPS NEAR THE COAST. THE UPPER FLOW SHOULD BECOME CONFLUENT BY 21Z AND ANY LINGERING PRECIP SHOULD END QUICKLY. WILL CARRY HIGH POPS FOR THIS MORNING ALL AREAS AND MAINTAIN HIGH POPS FOR THE COAST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. STILL ENOUGH INSTABILITY PRESENT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES TO GET AN ISOLATED SEVERE REPORT. WILL EVALUATE JUST BEFORE PRESS TIME AND DECIDE ON ADDING SEVERE WORDING TO THE ZONES. THE COOL FRONT WORKING ACROSS THE REGION WILL YIELD COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPS BUT DAYTIME HIGHS SAT/SUN WILL STILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE UNDER SUNNY/PT SUNNY SKIES. NEXT WEEK IS LOOKING WETTER. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO TEXAS AND STALL ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE 4 CORNERS REGION WITH THE UPPER FLOW OVER TEXAS BECOMING SOUTHWEST. THINK RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TUES AND PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. 43 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 83 60 87 61 87 / 20 0 0 0 0 HOUSTON (IAH) 84 60 87 63 87 / 60 0 0 0 0 GALVESTON (GLS) 80 69 82 69 82 / 60 0 0 0 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 517 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221030- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- 517 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS MORNING MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-10... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SQUALL LINE WILL RACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SOUTH OF I-10. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION THIS MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1228 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006
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..REMARKS..
0640 PM HAIL 4 S SOMERVILLE 30.29N 96.53W
04/20/2006 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0653 PM HAIL 8 N BRENHAM 30.28N 96.40W
04/20/2006 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0705 PM HAIL INDEPENDENCE 30.32N 96.35W
04/20/2006 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0922 PM TSTM WND DMG BRYAN 30.67N 96.37W
04/20/2006 BRAZOS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND BRYAN.
0932 PM TSTM WND DMG KURTEN 30.79N 96.26W
04/20/2006 BRAZOS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF TORN OFF ON AUCTION BARN ON HWY 21 EAST NEAR KURTEN.
0932 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NNE BRYAN 30.80N 96.30W
04/20/2006 BRAZOS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BRAZOS COUNTY.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 546 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 TXZ177-211200- WALKER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HUNTSVILLE 546 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS WALKER COUNTY... AT 540 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH WERE LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF WALKER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 533 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ONE- HALF INCH HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND IN HUNTSVILLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree down on the Highway 59 bridge over the Colorado River.
Trees down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2006
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: 5502238, 5502329.