1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 22, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 300 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 .DISCUSSION... PCPN STARTING TO FILL IN FROM THE NE AND AT COAST THIS AFTN...AND WITH IT A CHC FOR SEVERE STORMS/LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAINLY IN THE NRN ZONES THIS EVENING. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE HELPING THE AIRMASS CAP- ITALIZE ON THE HIGH CAPES AS THE S/WV FINALLY MOVES INTO THE AREA. SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL ADD TO THE VERBAGE AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SEVERE WX WILL BOTH BE MENTIONED FOR THE EVENING HRS. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. ANOTHER ROUND ON TAP TOMORROW AS ANOTHER S/WV LOOKS TO BE MOVING WSW DOWN ALONG THE SAME PATH AS TODAYS (CURRENTLY AOA THE LA/AR BORDER). HI PWS REMAINING AROUND THE 2.1-2.5 RANGE TO HELP FUEL THIS INCREASE IN PCPN THIS WEEK AS THE SEABREEZE...HEATING AND THE OCCASIONAL S/WV (TRAVERSING UNDERNEATH THE UPPER RIDGE) AID DEVELOPMENT. THE OVER- ALL PATTERN DOESNT SEEM TO CHANGE MUCH FOR THE WEEKEND (SAVE FOR A LESSENING CONFIDENCE WITH PROGS IN TERMS OF TIMING OF/EXISTENCE OF THE S/WVS). RIDGE TO RE-FORM/RE-SETTLE OVER THE ERN SEABOARD THIS WEEKEND/EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...AND THIS SHOULD KEEP SE TX AND UPPER TX COAST OPEN TO INFLUENCES FROM THE GULF. 41 && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR OUTSIDE ANY TSTM ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. SCT SEABREEZE STORMS SHOULD DIE OFF BY EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SE TX. HOWEVER...BECOMING A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LATE AFTN/EVNG STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS...AND MORE PARTICULAR NE PORTIONS OF SE TX TOWARD LFK WHERE TEMPS ARE NOW APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. FCST SOUNDINGS APPEAR TO SUPPORT SOME STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. HAVE SOME VCSHS AT CLL STARTING AT 22Z...BUT WILL BE WATCHING RADAR TRENDS TO SEE IF THE TAF MIGHT NEED TO BE AMENDED WITH A MORE PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK DURING THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT THE BULK OF ACTIVITY ACROSS DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. CONSIDERING DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE...WED LOOKS LIKE A REPEAT OF TODAY WITH SCT PRECIP IN THE GULF & NEAR THE COAST TOWARD MORNING...THEN INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON & EVENING. 47 && .MARINE... NO FCST CONCERNS OTHER THAN SCT LATE NIGHT AND MORNING STORMS. WEAK GRADIENT WILL ALLOW LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS TO PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. 47 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 77 98 77 98 77 / 30 30 30 20 20 HOUSTON (IAH) 76 92 76 92 76 / 40 40 40 40 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 81 92 81 91 81 / 40 40 40 40 40 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 240 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231945- 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- 240 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO CONROE TO SEGNO. THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE ABOVE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE...EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PULSE UP TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT. IN ADDITION...STORM MOTION IS ALSO FORECAST TO BE SLOWING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS SO A QUICK 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END BY MID TO LATE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree and powerlines down at the intersection of Highway 290 and 43rd Street between Loop 610 and Beltway 8.
Penny size hail.
Two funnel clouds sighted.
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: 5525880, 5525881, 5525882.