Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 27, 2013

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 27, 2013
Start: 2013-10-27T03:43
End: 2013-10-27T04:15
Location: Texas

October 27, 2013 · NWS HGX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Overnight southeast moving activity produced severe thunderstorm wind gusts that downed trees.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 happened

The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.

Overnight southeast moving activity produced severe thunderstorm wind gusts that downed trees.

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 Oct 27, 3:42 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 3:42 AM CST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 3:47 AM CST, 23 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
447 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-271200-
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 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON-
447 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE MIGHT BE A THREAT FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THAT THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS MIGHT END UP BEING NEAR THE COAST
AND OFFSHORE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 1:21 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
221 AM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013

TXZ176-177-198-270800-
WALKER-MADISON-GRIMES-
221 AM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDIAS...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHWESTERN HUNTSVILLE...BEDIAS...IOLA AND CRABBS PRAIRIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LEAGUE CITY .

&&

LAT...LON 3079 9612 3095 9604 3081 9554 3056 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 293DEG 23KT 3088 9610

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 2:32 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 27, 3:34 AM CST, 9 minutes before

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The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:42 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When: October 27, 3:43 AM CST
Where: Washington County, 3.47 mi NE of Zionsville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 30.233, -96.437

Penny size hail was reported on Highway 36.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: October 27, 4:10 AM CST
Where: Montgomery County, 0.9 mi WNW of Shenandoah
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 30.176, -95.464

Numerous trees were downed northwest of The Woodlands Mall. There was a tree downed on a parked car near the intersection of Research Forest Drive and Grogans Mill Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harris

When: October 27, 4:15 AM CST
Where: Harris County, 0.23 mi SE of Spring
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 30.078, -95.417

Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree that damaged a residential fence.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, October 2013

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: 475652, 475656, 475657.