Severe thunderstorms caused damage across portions of southeast Texas.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms caused damage across portions of southeast Texas.
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 17, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 .AVIATION... CLUSTER OF STRONG TSRA BETWEEN KDAL AND KPRX PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST AT 35-40 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA IN THE 20-01Z TIME FRAME. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY WILL BE THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE ACTIVITY. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT KUTS-KCXO-KIAH WILL BE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE STORMS. FOR NOW HAVE PLACED JUST VCTS IN THESE TAFS DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY. SEABREEZE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED -SHRA DEVELOPMENT IN VICINITY OF KHOU/KLBX THIS AFTN. SHOULD SFC OUTFLOW FROM THE NORTH AND SEABREEZE MERGE LATER THIS AFTN IT COULD ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR HOUSTON TERMINALS 22-01Z. MODELS INDICATE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW HAVE PLACED VCSH IN TAFS AFTER 14Z WEDNESDAY WHEN CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST. 35 && .DISCUSSION... NOT PLANNING ON ANY CHANGES TO THE GOING FCST FOR THIS UPDATE. HGX RADAR MOSTLY CLR CURRENTLY (SAVE FOR THE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION THAT HAS MOVED INTO THE GULF OFF THE SLA COAST). HOWEVER WITH VERY LIT- TLE CAPPING AND INCREASED MOISTURE IN PLACE (12Z SOUNDINGS AND DPI SATELLITE DATA COMING IN WITH 1.6-1.9 PWS IN/AROUND SE TX)...DAY- TIME HEATING AND THE SEABREEZE...SCT PCPN SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTN ACROSS THE CWA. GOING FCST SEEMS TO HAVE THINGS WELL IN HAND. 41 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 359 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008/ UPON REVIEW OF RECENT EVENTS AND MORE CONSISTENT MODELING...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS BUILDING ON THIS WEEKS WEATHER PATTERN GOING THROUGH AN EVOLUTION TOWARDS MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. 500MB RIDGE CENTER HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE...CENTERED OVER NW MEXICO...WITH SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS ON WEAKER EASTERN PERIPHERY OF RIDGING. CURRENT IR SAT DEPICTING A GENERAL TREND OF DEEPENING EASTERN U.S. TROFFING WITH WESTERN NEAR-ZONAL FLOW OVER TOP OF SOUTHWESTERN RIDGE. CANNOT IGNORE THE RECENT TREND OF LATE DAY (INTO EARLY MORNING) DEVELOPMENT OF MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES FORMING OVER PANHANDLE/OKLAHOMA AND TRAVELING WITHIN UPPER NW FLOW ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. SUBSEQUENT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SPITTING OUT SOUTH(EAST)WARD MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS LCHS CWA YESTERDAY EVENING AND...AFTER REVIEWING THEIR LSR...MADE FOR QUITE THE BUSY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN LA. MODEL ENSEMBLE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN CONTINUING THIS MCS TREND...WITH FUTURE DOWNSTREAM DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING OUR FA THROUGH THE LATE WORK WEEK. ALTHOUGH RECENT SYNOPTIC PATTERN HAS BEEN ONE OF STABILITY PER STRONG RIDGING...WITH ONLY PRECIPITATION COMING FROM THE SEA BREEZE...HAVE THAT FEELING THAT OUR CWA HAS A MUCH HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THE ACTION OUR EASTERN NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCED LAST NIGHT. HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED POPS WITH A HIGHER CONFIDENCE FOR INCREASED FREQUENCY OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. THE QUESTION NOT BEING IF...BUT WHEN...AS TIMING WILL BE DETERMINED BY FUTURE UPSTREAM MCS BEHAVIOR. CWA IN BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES WITH A DECAYING SYSTEM OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX (AND THE EVENTUAL SFC BOUNDARIES IT LAYS OUT) AND THE RESIDUAL NEAR-COASTAL BOUNDARY FROM SOUTHERN LAS MONDAY EVENING CONVECTION. GOES SOUNDER PWAT VALUES RANGING 1.5-1.8...COUPLED WITH SFC CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE LOWER 90S WITH LITTLE TO NO MID LEVEL WARM LAYER...AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NUMEROUS VICINITY BOUNDARIES FOR WHICH TO PROVIDE LL FOCUS HAS POPS INCREASING TO CHANCE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GFS/EURO/CANADIAN SUITE ALL PEGGING A LATE TUESDAY EVENING SOUTHERN PLAINS MCS TRACKING DUE SOUTH WITHIN 300-700MB FLOW OVER EASTERN TX THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHETHER ACTUAL MCS WILL HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS OUR FA WEDNESDAY IS STILL OPEN FOR DEBATE...BUT CURRENT TRENDS IN THIS NEAR-STAGNANT ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL COLD POOL SAGGING FUTURE SOUTH...HAS PROVIDED ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PLACE HIGH CHANCE NORTHERN COUNTY POPS IN ON WEDNESDAY. INVERTED-V MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A DOWNBURST THREAT BETTER COVERED IN THE HGX HWO. RECENT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL TREND MORE TOWARDS CLIMATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES...ATMOSPHERE GETS CHURNED UP BY HEIGHTENING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. MID-WEEK STORMINESS WILL MOST LIKELY MAKE FOR A MORE STABLE...QUIETER...DAY THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER MCS FORECAST TO RUMBLE THROUGH ON FRIDAY. WEEKEND WEATHER WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON FRIDAYS WEATHER...BUT AS OF NOW...HAVE PAINTED CHANCE POPS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY LINGERING NEAR-COASTAL BOUNDARY OR BACK- BUILDING SCENARIO FROM NEERN CONVECTION ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE EASTERN U.S TROF. 31 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 96 74 92 73 94 / 30 30 50 20 20 HOUSTON (IAH) 96 73 92 72 93 / 30 30 40 20 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 91 79 90 79 89 / 30 20 30 20 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 722 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-181230- 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- 722 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VARIOUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES CREATED BY INTERIOR REGIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITHIN A VERY WARM...MOIST...AND INCREASING UNSTABLE AFTERNOON ATMOSPHERE WILL SET UP AN ENVIRONMENT CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...LOCALLY FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINFALL...AND HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE. .DAY TWO...WEDNESDAY THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF RED RIVER VALLEY STORM COMPLEXES TO TRAVEL SOUTH INTO EASTERN TEXAS. IF ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS DO AFFECT OUR AREA...THE TWO MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE POTENTIAL OR SLOWER MOVING STORMS MAY RESULT IN FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES. DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Grapeland area along FM 227 and FM 228.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Latexo area.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Crockett area. One tree fell on and damaged a home on 5th street in Crockett.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines between Crockett and Kennard.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in the Apple Springs area.
Two 70 to 100 foot pine trees were downed on the south side of Huntsville.
A large oak tree was struck by lightning and fell upon a couple of vehicles.
Penny size hail was reported in Sugar Land.
A funnel cloud was sighted at the intersection of FM 2218 and Powerline Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2008
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: 117640, 117647, 117651, 117652, 117654, 118583, 118584, 117656, 117657.