2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 May 6, 2:48 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 348 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8 AM. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ENTERING OUR FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THIS COMPLEX...BUT THE RECENT TREND HAS BEEN FOR THESE STORMS TO WEAKEN AS THEY ENTER OUR CWA. SOME SPOTS COULD EASILY SEE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING. DUE TO THE AREAS RECENT DRYNESS...WILL NOT ISSUE ANY FLOOD WATCHES AT THIS TIME. HAVE PLACED HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES THIS MORNING UP NORTH AND LOWERED THEM A BIT TOWARD THE COAST. THINK MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL STABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...IF THIS MORNINGS STORMS MOVE ON OUT EARLY AND THE SUN SHINES ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON...CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. HAVE THEREFORE KEPT RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS POINT TOWARD THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STORMS AGAIN TONIGHT. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS AREAWIDE FOR TONIGHT. ANOTHER POSSIBLE DISTURBANCE ALOFT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING COULD BRING US SOME MORE STORMS. WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HAVE LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THESE HARD TO TIME IMPULSES. UPPER LEVEL FLOW TURNS TO THE NORTHWEST STARTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY AND MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE AN EARLY MAY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. HAVE GONE ALONG WITH THIS SCENARIO AND LOWERED THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS TEMPERATURES ACCORDINGLY. 42 && .MARINE... SEAS WERE NEAR 3 FEET WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 17 KNOTS AT BUOY035 AND NEAR 3 FEET WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 14 KNOTS AT BUOY019 EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY TODAY AS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER EAST CENTRAL TX MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST TX LATER THIS MORNING. OUTFLOW FROM THE MCS MAY MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS PROVIDING A BRIEF WINDSHIFT AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TX SUNDAY AND STALL PROVIDING LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MAY DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL TX SUN NIGHT AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TX BRINGING ANOTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THROUGH THE UPPER TX COAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MONDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES SLIGHTLY. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTH TUESDAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES EASTWARD. SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NORTHEAST TX AND A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TX. 32 && .AVIATION... SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES INDICATE MCS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. CEILINGS WERE NEAR 1800FT AT KIAH TO NEAR 13000FT AT KHOU. SQUALL LINE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA THROUGH 12Z. QUESTION IS WHETHER THE LINE WILL HOLD TOGETHER OR DISSIPATE BY THEN. HIGHEST SURFACE INSTABILITY ATTM IS ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TX AND WITH THE LINE MOVING INTO AIRMASS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S BELIEVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THE LINE PROPAGATES SOUTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. EXPECT MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY THROUGH 18Z. AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TX SHOULD STABILIZE SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON ONCE THE MCS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. 32 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 83 67 88 67 88 / 80 40 20 30 30 HOUSTON (IAH) 83 69 88 69 88 / 60 40 20 30 30 GALVESTON (GLS) 82 74 83 74 83 / 50 30 20 30 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 358 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 GMZ330-335-350-355-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-071200- 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- 358 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. SECONDARY THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER AND SLOWER MOVING STORMS OR WHERE TRAINING DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree blown down on Old Spanish Road at the northwest tip of the county.
Recorded by IAH ASOS.
Quarter size hail.
Nickel size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5509551, 5509552, 5509553, 5509554.