Isolated pulse severe thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon and moved southward.
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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 episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Isolated pulse severe thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon and moved southward.
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 18, 5:19 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 619 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK S/WV MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS COUPLED WITH HEATING HAS TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE IS INCREASING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION. WILL RAISE POPS GENERALLY EAST OF I-45 FOR THIS EVENING. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WANE BY 900 PM. NEW ZONES ALREADY OUT. 43 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 236 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008/ DISCUSSION... RAPIDLY DECAYING WEAK MCS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NE TX/SW AR WHILE WEAKENING MCV FROM MCS THAT MOVED ACROSS W TX OVERNIGHT NOW MOVING OVER THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. CU DEVELOPMENT INCREASING OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA WHERE MOISTURE RIDGE IS APPARENT. PROFILERS INDICATE NORTHERLY FLOW FROM 850 MB AND ABOVE ACROSS OUR REGION. ALTHOUGH WE MAY STILL GET SEABREEZE INITIATED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IT PROBABLY WILL NOT SPREAD MUCH NORTH. IR LOOP INDICATE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE WEAK VORT ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY MOVING SSE TO THE LONE STAR STATE LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. WITH PERSISTENT UPPER HIGH OVER NW OLD MEXICO AND SW CONUS...OUR REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNDER A NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW. CONSEQUENTLY UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH MAY AFFECT US. MCS DEVELOPMENT FROM THESE IMPULSES ARE NOT HANDLED WELL BY MODELS. INTERESTINGLY GFS AND THE CANADIAN MODEL INDICATE AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING TO OUR REGION LATE FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK APPARENTLY INDICATED BY GFS MOVING TO OUR EASTERN ZONES ON SATURDAY. THE UPPER HIGH SHOWS SIGNS OF WEAKENING LATE IN THE COMING WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT STRENGTHENING AGAIN BY MID WEEK. WE DO NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT CHANGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 73 97 74 95 73 / 20 20 20 20 20 HOUSTON (IAH) 72 96 74 93 73 / 40 20 20 30 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 78 90 79 89 79 / 20 20 20 30 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...43
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1021 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-191530- 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- 1021 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH LOW LEVEL WIND SHIFTS INITIATING FROM STORM SYSTEMS CURRENTLY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THE SEABREEZE WILL BECOME ACTIVE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS THE INTERIOR HEATS UP INTO THE 90S AROUND NOON. PERIODS OF INTENSE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE SEABREEZES INTERACT AND MAY LEAVE STORMS ANCHORED OVER AREAS LONG ENOUGH TO BRING RAINFALL VERY ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES BUT IN GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE DAILY REGENERATION OF LOWER ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...WITH VICINITY WIND SHIFT BOUNDARIES CREATED BY LOCAL SEA AND GULF BREEZES AND SOUTHERN-MOVING NORTHERN TEXAS STORM SYSTEMS...WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EACH AND EVERY DAY. ALTHOUGH MANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL JUST BRING BENEFICIAL RAINS AND A COOL DOWN FROM THE AFTERNOON HEAT...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LOCALLY MINOR FLOODING FROM HIGH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 737 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 TXZ213-227-190145- HARRIS-FORT BEND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL... HUMBLE...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG 737 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST HARRIS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST FORT BEND COUNTY WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 59 AND THE GRAND PARKWAY. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY GUST TO 35 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM IS DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 MPH BUT BACKBUILDING TO THE NORTH WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
7 hail, 3 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail was observed at the intersection of Briar Forest and Eldridge Parkway.
Quarter size hail was observed at the intersection of Briar Forest and Eldridge Parkway.
A house suffered considerable damage after a lightning strike sparked a fire.
Hail ranging from quarter size to ping pong ball size was observed in the Mission Bend area.
A home on the west side of Houston was damaged by a lightning strike. Fire was contained to the attic area, but smoke and water damage filled the two story home.
A home suffered some chimney damage from a lightning strike.
Half dollar size hail was observed at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Westheimer.
A strong thunderstorm wind gust occurred at the intersection of Highway 6 and Westheimer.
Nickel size hail was observed at the intersection of Eldridge and Briar Forest.
Quarter size hail was observed in Cinco Ranch.
Penny size hail was observed near the intersection of FM 2296 and Highway 75N.
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: 117662, 117663, 117670, 117664, 117668, 117671, 117665, 117672, 117673, 117674, 117675.