Showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Texas from the north. Outflow boundaries with this activity in combination with deep moisture levels riding northward from the coast generated strong to severe storms across the area that lead to some wind damage, small hail and localized flooding.
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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.
Showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Texas from the north. Outflow boundaries with this activity in combination with deep moisture levels riding northward from the coast generated strong to severe storms across the area that lead to some wind damage, small hail and localized flooding.
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 6, 9:12 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 458 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-071000- 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- 458 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT IT IS POSSIBLE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS COULD PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE OVER THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE NORTH OF HOUSTON FROM COLLEGE STATION TO HUNTSVILLE IN THE MORNING BUT COULD AFFECT THE METRO AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN COOLED OUTFLOW FROM THE LINE OF STORMS COULD INITIATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-071000- 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- 458 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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</html>The Houston radar (KHGX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:27 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were downed and created a lot of debris near the intersection of Kuykendahl Road and Dowdell Road.
Trees were downed at the corner of Tahoe Drive and North Tahoe Drive.
Heavy rainfall has caused some road flooding at the intersection of Bay Area Boulevard and Space Center Boulevard.
Heavy rain caused some flooding at the intersection of Pasadena Freeway 225 and Bearle Street.
Trees were snapped at the 11700 block of Mile Drive.
Strong thunderstorm winds downed a tree on top of a vehicle and caused one fatality at 4600 Treaschwig Road.
Nickel sized hail was observed on Highway 90 at the San Jacinto River.
Two three inch diameter trees were downed near the intersection of West Park Tollway and South Gessner Road.
Two three inch diameter trees were downed near the intersection of West Park Tollway and South Gessner Road.
Three trees and a fence were blown down in the Heights area.
A brief funnel cloud was sighted at Highway 60 just south of Highway 521.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Harris | 2014-10-06 | Male | Unknown | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2014
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: 543628, 543629, 543643, 543644, 543630, 543633, 543635, 543636, 546547, 543637, 543638.