2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 18, 9:13 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1013 AM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE GONE AND RAISED POPS AREAWIDE TO 30% AS WE REMAIN IN POSITION A TO GET SOME SCATTERED PCPN COVERAGE THIS AFTN. THE SWATH OF DEEP GULF MOISTURE HAS SHIFTED INTO THE REGION AND WE CAN MAKE OUT SOME SUSPICIOUS SWIRLS IN THE WV SATELLITE LOOPS MOVING IN FROM THE NE. VERY LITTLE/NO CLOUDS SO FAR THIS MORNING TO HELP WITH THE HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIRMASS THIS AFTN/EVE. OH AND FOR THOSE INTERESTED...TD#2 HAS FORMED OFF THE ERN SEABOARD. 41 && .AVIATION... HAVE UPDATED TERMINALS BY 1515Z IAH/HOU/GLS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ONGOING RADAR TRENDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR IAH TO DAISETTA...AND FOR EXPANSE OF SHRA/TSRA OFFSHORE. WOULD EXPECT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OVER HARRIS COUNTY REGION THIS AFTERNOON. MAY NEED TO EXTEND THE TEMPO TSRA THREAT BEYOND 21Z. 45 && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 436 AM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006) DISCUSSION...SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES INDICATE THAT CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST THIS MORNING. WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS EAST TEXAS FROM YESTERDAYS CONVECTION...BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY REACH NEAR CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES AND AN AXIS OF HIGHER PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ACROSS EAST TX LINGERS. WILL ADJUST POPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AS OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TX WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TX PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WITH CAPES PROGGED ABOVE 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER EXISTS MAINLY FOR WINDS...BUT WILL WORD GUSTY WINDS WITH STORMS IN THE GRIDS/ZONES FOR NOW. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE MOISTURE IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT WITH THE 500MB RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES MOVING LITTLE IF ANY. 500MB TROUGH PROGGED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S. FRIDAY AS THE 500MB RIDGE WEAKENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. RAIN CHANCES TO RETURN SATURDAY WITH THE WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST TX AND A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHEAST TX AND STALLS. 00Z GFS PROGS THE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. DEEPENING AND RETROGRADING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD WITH NOT AS HOT HIGH TEMPERATURES AS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 32 MARINE... OFFSHORE LAND BREEZE AIDING THE CONVECTION OFFSHORE JUST EAST OF THE MARINE AREA. EXPECT SCT TSTMS TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MARINE ZONES THIS MORNING. LAND/SEA BREEZE WILL DOMINATE THE WINDS THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS VERY WEAK. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 1 TO 2 FOOT RANGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. (LOCALLY HIGHER IN ANY TSTM ACTIVITY). 33 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 617 AM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-191130- 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- 617 AM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS EAST TEXAS...IN COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AS WELL AS SMALL SIZED HAIL. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THOSE SENSITIVE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY COMMUNITY...YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS. KEEP HYDRATED BY DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. NO ONE SHOULD EVER REMAIN IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE WITH LITTLE OR NO VENTILATION OR AIR CONDITIONING...EVEN FOR THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME...AS TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 TO 104 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY IN THE EVENING WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS SATURDAY AND STALL PROVIDING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree down near the intersection of Deats Road and Highway 3.
Large tree split in half and hit a home in Mission Bend.
Lightning struck an apartment complex and took out the electrical systems. A cell phone tower was also knocked out.
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, July 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: 5523460, 5523461, 5523462.