Hail, Fort Bend
- When
- April 14, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, 0.43 mi WSW of Needville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 29.398, -95.837
Numerous reports of dime to penny sized hail in the Needville area.
Hail in Texas, April 14, 2014
A strong afternoon thunderstorm developed behind a morning cold frontal passage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A strong afternoon thunderstorm developed behind a morning cold frontal passage.
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 Apr 14, 2:45 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:45 PM CST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
345 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
.DISCUSSION...
AT 345 WATCHING ONE REMAIN REMAINING ELEVATED TSTM MOVING IN FROM
THE SW CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL (EGYPT HAS BEEN A LARGE HAIL
MAGNET IN THE PAST). CX MOST OF THE EARLIER WATCH EXCEPT AROUND
THAT TSTM.
EXTENDED WIND ADVSY AT THE COAST UNTIL 4 AM. ANTICIPATE SPEEDS TO
ACTUALLY INCREASE AS COLDER AIR MOVES OVER THE WARMER WATER. GUSTS
ABOVE 40 MPH A GOOD BET AT THE BEACHES/COASTLINE.
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT. LOWS WILL APPROACH
RECORDS BUT SUSPECT WET GROUND/WINDS WILL BE LIMITING FACTORS FOR
THE SRN 2/3. HERE'S THE RECORDS FOR TUE:
CLL 38/1928 (FCST 35)
IAH 38/1928 (FCST 39)
GLS 41/1929 (FCST 45)
HIGH PRES WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESUME
LATE TUE. GRADUAL WARMING/MOISTENING TREND WILL THEN ENSUE.
WEAKENING FRONT WILL DIP INTO SE TX FRI AND BECOME DIFFUSE/WASHOUT
AS ITS UPPER SUPPORT AND PUSH HEADS OFF TO THE NE. 47
&&
.MARINE...
AN ALL-WATER GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY 7 AM CDT.
NORTHWESTERLY GALE FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE LOCAL WATERS AS
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WORKS IN TANDEM WITH A TIGHT OFFSHORE
PRESSURE GRADIENT THAT FOLLOWS/DEVELOPS BEHIND THIS AFTERNOON'S COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. ELEVATED SEAS TO AS HIGH AS 10-12 FEET OFFSHORE...7
TO 8 FEET NEARSHORE. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS OVER
THE WATERS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SMALL CRAFT ARE NOT
ADVISED TO BE ON THE WATER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL WEAKEN/LOWER THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH GALE WARNINGS LOWERING TO
ADVISORIES THEN FALLING TO CAUTIONS BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING OVERHEAD ON ITS EASTERN TREK WILL HAVE LIGHT WINDS
BECOMING ONSHORE BY MID-WEEK. A WEAK BOUNDARY FRIDAY WILL BACK
EASTERLIES A TOUCH MORE NORTHEASTERLY. HIGHER LATE WEEK RAIN CHANCES
PER A DEVELOPING NEAR-COASTAL SURFACE TROUGH. 31
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 35 64 40 71 56 / 10 0 0 10 10
HOUSTON (IAH) 39 64 40 71 58 / 10 0 0 10 10
GALVESTON (GLS) 45 63 51 68 63 / 20 0 0 10 10
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...FORT BEND...
GRIMES...HOUSTON...LIBERTY...MADISON...MONTGOMERY...POLK...
SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...
WHARTON.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS...JACKSON...
MATAGORDA.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...
MATAGORDA BAY.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT
20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS
FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO
FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:10 PM CST, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 410 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>212-226-227-152115- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HOUSTON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER- WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 410 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE THREAT OF ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL WILL END THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CONTINUING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES MAY BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT TEMPERATURES COULD DROP CLOSE TO FREEZING IN RURAL AREAS. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ213-214-235>238-152115- BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-HARRIS-JACKSON- MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY- 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- 410 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE THREAT OF ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL WILL END THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST WHERE GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SPEEDS SHOULD TAPER OFF INLAND LATE. OFFSHORE...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH WITH SEAS GREATER THAN 10 FEET IN MOST OFFSHORE WATERS TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE. A LOW WATER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS FOR BELOW NORMAL TIDES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS SLOWLY DECREASE. WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RECOVER BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:50 AM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1150 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 TXZ163-176-177-198-199-141730- GRIMES TX-MADISON TX-HOUSTON TX-WALKER TX-MONTGOMERY TX- 1150 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HOUSTON...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...WALKER AND NORTHERN GRIMES COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1150 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEDIAS...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUNTSVILLE...NEW WAVERLY...BEDIAS...HUNTSVILLE STATE PARK...ROANS PRAIRIE...CRABBS PRAIRIE...RICHARDS AND CARLOS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR . LAT...LON 3102 9557 3053 9540 3054 9613 3075 9606 TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 239DEG 35KT 3071 9595
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:15 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1215 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
TXZ210-141800-
COLORADO TX-
1215 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN COLORADO COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 1214 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM IF IT
MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO COLORADO COUNTY. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEIMAR...SHERIDAN AND ROCK ISLAND.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR .
LAT...LON 2985 9667 2948 9646 2944 9666 2958 9679
2958 9683 2962 9684 2963 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 243DEG 35KT 2951 9694Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:17 AM CST, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1217 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 TXZ195>198-212-141800- GRIMES TX-BURLESON TX-WALLER TX-BRAZOS TX-WASHINGTON TX- 1217 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1217 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF LAKE SOMERVILLE DAM...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF BRENHAM... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NAVASOTA...WASHINGTON...MILLICAN...ANDERSON AND INDEPENDENCE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR . LAT...LON 3020 9646 3039 9650 3052 9592 3020 9585 TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 257DEG 40KT 3032 9635
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 12:03 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 103 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 TXZ210>212-226-227-141845- COLORADO TX-AUSTIN TX-WALLER TX-FORT BEND TX-WHARTON TX- 103 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 103 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEALY...COLUMBUS...EAGLE LAKE...WALLIS...SIMONTON...SAN FELIPE AND ALTAIR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 2947 9655 2972 9657 2993 9606 2967 9594 TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 248DEG 37KT 2966 9644
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
308 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
TXZ210-226-235-142045-
COLORADO TX-JACKSON TX-WHARTON TX-
308 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO AND CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 307 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF SPEAKS...OR 14 MILES EAST OF HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE LAKE...NADA...ROCK ISLAND...EGYPT...GARWOOD...SHERIDAN AND
ALTAIR.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR .
LAT...LON 2967 9630 2925 9616 2925 9667 2934 9656
2949 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 259DEG 40KT 2937 9671The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in California, April 14, 2014
- Flooding in New York, April 14 to 17, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 14 to 15, 2014
- High Wind in Michigan, April 14, 2014
- Flooding in Michigan, April 14 to 15, 2014
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 14, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 14 to 15, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Florida, April 14 to 15, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 14, 2014
- High Wind in Ohio, April 14, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 14, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 14, 2014
More
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2014
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: 502187.