Funnel Cloud, Harris
- When
- May 4, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 3 mi SW of Baytown
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several funnel clouds over the Houston Ship Channel.
Hail in Texas, May 4, 2006
12 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $312,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 May 4, 8:51 AM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 8:51 AM CST, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 951 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 .UPDATE... SE TX WILL BE UNDER OR NEAR A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TODAY. THE 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM CRP AND LCH INDICATED A BIT OF A CAP ALOFT. THE CAP WAS STRONGER AT CRP...INDICATING LESS CHANCES OF RAIN TOWARD THE SOUTH. THE LI/S RANGED FROM -11 AT CRP TO -6 AT LCH WHILE THE CAPE WAS FROM BETWEEN 3000 TO 4000. THIS COUPLED WITH PW/S OF 1.1 TO 1.3 AND THE WEAKER CAP AT LCH SUGGESTS BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. ALREADY AT MID MORNING SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS AN AREA ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 45 CORRIDOR. WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AT THE SURFACE PROVIDING A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS COUPLED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ALOFT...WILL UP THE POPS OVER MOST LOCATIONS FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. PL-40 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:26 AM CST, 6 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 426 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 GMZ330-335-350-355-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-051200- 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 OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 426 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES FIRING UP THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE DRY LINE OVER WEST TEXAS AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN NORTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY MAKE ITS WAY TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS MAINLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED OVER NORTH TEXAS LATE FRIDAY. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY PUSH SOUTH TO OUR REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Tomball
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.100, -95.617
Nickel to quarter size hail at FM 2920 and Teagle Road.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 3 mi E of Houston Hooks Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.067, -95.500
Quarter size hail at Spring Cypress and Kuykendahl.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 3 mi SSE of Houston Hooks Arpt
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 30.033, -95.533
Quarter to tea cup size hail in the Champions Forest Subdivision.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 3:43 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 8 mi S of Tomball
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -95.617
Nickel size hail at FM 249 and Louetta.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 1 mi W of Houston Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -95.367
Penny size hail.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Spring
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.083, -95.417
Ping pong ball size hail caused significant damage to vehicles.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 5 mi SSE of Houston Hooks Arpt
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -95.517
Half dollar size hail on T.C. Jester Road north of FM 190.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 10 mi S of Spring
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.933, -95.417
Penny size hail at the intersection of Airline and West Road.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Jersey Village
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.883, -95.567
Quarter size hail.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 3 mi S of Jersey Village
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.833, -95.567
Golf ball size hail at Beltway 8 and Tanner Road.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 5 mi SE of Jersey Village
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.833, -95.500
Nickel size hail in the Binglewood neighborhood.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 4, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Bellaire
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -95.483
Penny size hail at the intersection of Bellaire and Hillcroft.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 4, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 4, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 4, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 4, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 4 to 5, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 4, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 4, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 4, 2006
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 4, 2006
More
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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: 5509460, 5509461, 5509462, 5509463, 5509464, 5509465, 5509466, 5509467, 5509468, 5509469, 5509470, 5509471, 5509550.