2 flash flood, 2 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 May 29, 2:01 AM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 301 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER CHALLENGING FORECAST. AT 08Z...ANOTHER MCS IS ONGOING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. JUST LIKE YESTERDAY...THIS FEATURE IS BACKBUILDING SW WITH STORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF LIBERTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE MCS AND THIS PATTERN SHOULD PERSIST THIS MORNING. CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEBRIS HELD TEMPS DOWN YESTERDAY AND HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT CONVECTION THIS MORNING WILL ALSO HELP STABILIZE THE REGION AND CLOUDS HOLD DOWN HEATING. A WELL DEFINED 500 MB TROF AXIS LIES ACROSS EAST TEXAS. FEEL BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL LIE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THIS AXIS. HIGHEST PWS AND BEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ALSO FAVORS EAST TEXAS TODAY. STILL IT IS DIFFICULT TO FATHOM THAT THE ATMOSPHERE CAN RECHARGE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER AREAS GETTING HAMMERED THIS MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONES DUE TO HIGH PW AIR...SLOW STORM MOTION AND TRAINING. NOT MUCH CHANGE TUES/WED AS HIGH PW AIR REMAINS IN PLACE AND THE UPPER LOW/TROF AXIS WAVERS OVER TEXAS. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH THURSDAY. RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD AND AMPLIFY NEXT WEEKEND. FORECAST WILL TREND DRIER AND WARMER NEXT WEEKEND AND BEYOND. 43 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 89 71 90 70 89 / 40 30 40 30 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 87 72 87 72 88 / 50 30 50 30 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 85 76 85 76 86 / 50 30 50 20 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1115 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-291300- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 1115 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS COASTAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT DUE TO AN UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE. DUE TO A SLOW STORM MOTION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GALVESTON TO BAYTOWN TO CLEVELAND TO LIVINGSTON LINE. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE MONDAY...TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL BE WEAK AND STORM MOTIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. THOUGH AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 3/4 INCH EACH DAY...ISOLATED 4 TO 6 AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE STRONGER CELLS DEVELOP AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. STORMS OF THIS NATURE COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A GRADUAL DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:00 UTC.
2 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding in and around the city with at least twenty homes receiving water damage.
Sighted near Minute Maid Park in Downtown Houston.
Sighted just north of Interstate 10.
Flooding between Downtown Houston and Aldine. The intersection of Interstate 45 and West Mount Houston was impassable.
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, May 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: 5509754, 5509756, 5509757, 5509755.