Texas, 2006

Flash Flood in Texas, June 22, 2006

June 22, 2006 · NWS HGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$200,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 22, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
256 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

.DISCUSSION...SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES INDICATE ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SEABREEZE CONVECTION MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. 500MB RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A BROAD 500MB
TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S. BRINGS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
INTO NORTHEAST TX FRIDAY AND STALLS. CONVECTION PROGGED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE FRONT AND OUTFLOW FROM THIS CONVECTION MAY MOVE INTO
SOUTHEAST TX SATURDAY. WILL MENTION ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY FOR AFTERNOON SEABREEZE CONVECTION.
OTHERWISE...WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES OUT OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND EXCEPT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA SATURDAY WHERE
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH MAY PROVIDE
A FOCUS FOR LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. DRIER AIR PROGGED TO ADVECT
FROM THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY AND AS THE TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN
U.S. DEEPENS...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD PROVIDE SUBSIDENCE
ACROSS EAST TX MONDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD WITH WARM AND HUMID
CONDITIONS PREVAILING. LITTLE IF ANY RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON SEABREEZE
CONVECTION. 32
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      75  94  74  92  72 /  10  10  10  20  10
HOUSTON (IAH)              75  94  75  92  73 /  10  10  10  10  10
GALVESTON (GLS)            79  89  79  90  77 /  10  10  10  10  10
&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
230 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231130-
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-
230 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE SEABREEZE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Harris

When
June 22, 4:30 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where
Harris County, Spring
Property damage
$200,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

40 vehicles were flooded per media helicopter shot of Spring.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2006

Sources

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: 5513982.