A strong line of southwestern-moving thunderstorms created severe weather across the region.
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A strong line of southwestern-moving thunderstorms created severe weather across the region.
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 21, 12:21 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 121 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .DISCUSSION... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE WEAK SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AND FURTHER SOUTHWARD ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND A LITTLE BIT INLAND WHERE A SEABREEZE FRONT CONTINUES TO TRY TO GET ORGANIZED. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE (SEE THE UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK). ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. 42/45 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1156 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008/ AVIATION... A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING AFTERNOON INLAND CONVECTION. ISOLATED OFFSHORE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH NO DISCERNIBLE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT AS OF 17Z...HAS PUT SOME DOUBT INTO WHETHER HUBS WILL SEE ANY SIG CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING. 18Z TAF PACKAGE WILL HANG ONTO THE IDEA THAT...DUE TO EFFICIENT INLAND HEATING AND VICINITY BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WITHIN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT PER MORNINGS RAOBS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HUBS WILL EXPERIENCE LATE AFTERNOON CBS WITH POSSIBLE VCTS/SH. HUBS SOUTH OF HOUSTON METRO MAY SEE ACTION LATER IN THE EVENING...AND QUITE POSSIBLY...PAST MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...AS TODAYS OFFSHORE CONVECTION MAY TAKE AWAY INFLOW FROM ANY DEVELOPING CBS BUT...WITH A LINGERING NEAR-STATIONARY FRONT PARALLELING THE COAST AND GULF STORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES DRIFTING INLAND...BOUNDARY INTERACTION WITH A WEAK NOCTURNAL LAND BREEZE MAY AID IN FIRING OFF EARLY MORNING -TSRA OVER OR AROUND THE ISLAND. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH...MODELING DOES SUGGEST ENHANCED (NEAR) COASTAL PRECIPITATION IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 31 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 937 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008/ DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...THE SEABREEZE FRONT...POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM ACTIVITY OFF TO OUR EAST IN THE BEAUMONT AREA AND A SLOWLY SAGGING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ENTERING THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL LEAD TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION SHOULD BE AROUND AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 12Z LCH SOUNDING IS UNSTABLE...AND AN EXPECTED SLOW STORM MOTION WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS AND THE CHANCE FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALREADY COVERED IN THIS MORNINGS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. PERHAPS TODAY WILL BE THE DAY THAT GALVESTONS SCHOLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FINALLY RECEIVES MORE THAN 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN? GLSS RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE MONTH (THROUGH THE 20TH) IS 0.08 INCHES. IF NO MORE RAINFALL IS RECORDED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH...THE 0.08 INCHES WILL RANK AS THE 5TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD (DRIEST EVER IS A TRACE SET IN 1907 AND THE 10TH DRIEST EVER IS 0.34 INCHES SET IN 1896). 42 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008/ DISCUSSION... NOT MANY CHANGES TO THE ONGOING PACKAGE THIS MORNING. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY/WIND SHIFT WILL SAG INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS ALONG WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEABREEZE WILL PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER CHANCE OF SCT SHRA/TSTMS TODAY. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL/SEVERE STORMS WITH CELL MOTIONS <8KT ALONG WITH POSSIBLE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS. SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA SHOULD AGAIN SEE THE BETTER SHOT OF THIS OCCURRING. WILL COVER THIS IN THE MORNING HWO. THE DIFFUSE FRONT SHOULD MEANDER THRU THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND PULL UP NEARLY STATIONARY SOMEWHERE AROUND THE I-10 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCT PRECIP. FRONT WILL WASH OUT SUN NIGHT. H5 RIDGE RETROGRADES A BIT AND FLATTENS EARLY NEXT WEEK LEAVING A GENERAL WEAKNESS SITUATED ALONG THE THE TX/MEXICO COASTLINE INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW FAIRLY MEAGER AVAILABLE MOISTURE (PW 1.2-1.5) SO WOULD JUST EXPECT SOME ISOLATED AFTN/EVNG PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEABREEZE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. QUICK GLANCE AT ENSEMBLES INDICATE THIS PATTERN MAY PERSIST INTO THE 1ST WEEK OF JULY. 47 AVIATION... FCST FOR THE DAY REMAINS TRICKY AS WE ARE WATCHING YET ANOTHER CLUS- TER OF STORMS MOVING DOWN IN THIS DIRECTION FROM THE NORTH. ATTM SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE MUCH FROM THE FCSTS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS...THAT IS VCTS DURING THE AFTN TIMEFRAME. 41 MARINE... NOT TOO MANY CHANGES FOR THE MARINE FCST THIS MORNING. SEAS/WINDS TO REMAIN IN THE FLAT/LIGHT SIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING AREAS IN/NEAR TSRA. CURRENTLY WATCHING SOME DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS SOUTH OF GLS BAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLE BY THE LATE AFTN AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES DOWN OFF THE CNTRL PLAINS TOWARD US. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 94 70 96 71 95 / 30 30 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 97 71 95 72 95 / 40 30 20 10 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 91 78 90 78 91 / 30 30 30 10 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 110 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221200- 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- 110 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT ALONG WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEABREEZE WILL PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT. STORM MOTIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SLOW...SO THE STRONGER CELLS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE DIFFUSE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL SOMEWHERE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY AND PROVIDE ANOTHER SHOT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:41 UTC.
4 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at the sheriff's office in Livingston.
Golf ball size hail was observed on FM 1096 one mile from FM 1301.
An EF0 tornado produced damage to residential and mobile homes near the intersection of Darlinghurst and Fleetwood Streets and also near the intersection of Almeda and Fuqua Roads. Two homes were damaged on Fleetwood with one roof blown completely off and large trees being downed. There were also large tree limbs down across the entire area.
Nickel size hail was observed in La Porte.
Three homes sustained roof damage at the intersection of Grand Park and Honeysuckle.
A funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of Highway 288 and FM 518.
Penny size hail occurred in the city of Pearland.
A strong thunderstorm wind gust occurred in the city of Pearland.
A funnel cloud was sighted near FM 518 in Friendswood.
A funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of FM 518 and Interstate 45.
Penny size hail was observed in the town of Needville.
Two funnel clouds were observed just south of the town of Morales.
An EF0 tornado took the roof off of a home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2008Warnings 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: 118219, 118234, 118253, 118221, 118223, 118225, 118226, 118229, 118231, 118233, 118236, 118237, 118240.