1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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 Aug 19, 9:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1025 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 .UPDATE... SCT SHWRS/TSTMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-10. STILL SEEING ISOLATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WHERE SOME TRAINING OCCURS. OVERALL CONVECTIVE INTENSITY HAS DECREASED A LITTLE OVER THE LAST HOUR. WILL ISSUE ANOTHER GRID/ZONE UPDATE FOCUSING ON THE AFT EXPECTATIONS. LOWERED HIGH TEMPS 2-3 DEGREES ACROSS HIGH RAIN COVERAGE AREAS AND ALSO ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER. NUDGED POPS UP FOR CENTRAL AND COASTAL ZONES TO HIGH SCT (50) FOR THE AFT HOURS. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBILITY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LIBERTY TO CONROE TO BRENHAM LINE. NORTH OF THIS LINE THERE WILL LIKELY BE LITTLE ACTIVITY AS A DRIER AND MORE SUBSIDENT AIRMASS IS IN PLACE. 33 && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 855 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006) UPDATE... SENT OUT AN UPDATE TO ZONES/GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE HIGHER PRECIP COVERAGE CORRIDOR EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER COAST TO PEARLAND/HOUSTON AREAS AND THEN INTO WHARTON AND FORT BEND COUNTIES. THERE HAS BEEN SOME TRAINING AND CLUSTERING THIS MORNING WHICH HAS LED TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA. THEREFORE MENTIONED LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL ACROSS THIS AREA. BELIEVE THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING DRIVING BY THE COMBINATION OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND VERY DEEP MOISTURE. THE 6Z GFS ACTUALLY HAS A DECENT HANDLE ON THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO BECOME MORE SCT LATER TODAY WITH COVERAGE EXPANDING NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CURRENT PREFERRED AREA. MAY ISSUE ANOTHER UPDATE LATER THIS MORNING AFTER I DIGEST SOME OF THE 12Z MODEL DATA. 33 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 905 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-201200- 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- 905 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ONGOING THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN BRAZORIA AND SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT TODAY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LIBERTY TO CONROE TO BRENHAM LINE. ISOLATED AREAS COULD RECEIVE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WHERE TRAINING OF STORMS OCCURS IN A VERY MOIST AIRMASS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding across the east end of Galveston Island and in The Strand area.
Sighted near FM 2668 and lasted several minutes.
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, August 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: 5525877, 5525878.