Isolated severe storms developed in the late afternoon and late evening and produced small hail and wind damage.
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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 severe storms developed in the late afternoon and late evening and produced small hail and wind damage.
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 24, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 330 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER COMPLEX FORECAST FOR THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS REGION REMAINS UNDER ACTIVE...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SOME DISAGREEMENT IN THE HIGH RES MODELS REGARDING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL/EVOLUTION OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH EXPECT STORMS FIRING ACROSS NRN/CENTRAL TX THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING TO CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST PARTS OF SERN TX OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NRN COUNTIES THIS EVENING WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND LITTLE OR NO CAPPING IN PLACE ACROSS A BROAD WARM SECTOR OVER SERN TX. SHOWERS ALREADY TRYING TO GET GOING AROUND CLL TO HUNTSVILLE. SHEAR REMAINS IMPRESSIVE AREA-WIDE /EFFECTIVE SHEAR AOA 50KT COMMON/...THUS ANY STORM WHICH CAN GET ROOTED WILL HAVE IMPRESSIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH. TIMING REMAINS PROBLEMATIC...HOWEVER EXPECT NRN/WRN COUNTIES TO SEE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY NIGHT- TIME HOURS WITH SLIGHTLY DELAYED START FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST DEPENDING ON HOW STORMS EVOLVE. COULD SEE ONE OR MORE AREAS/LINES OF STORMS WITH ACTIVITY POSSIBLY DROPPING SEWD OUT OF NRN TX AND EWD OUT OF CENTRAL TX TONIGHT. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH LINGERING THREAT NEAR THE COAST THROUGH THE MID MORNING SATURDAY BEFORE ACTIVITY SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE PRIMARY THREATS...ESPECIALLY IF ANY MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION EVOLVES. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL REMAIN LOCALIZED AS THE STRONG FLOW ALOFT KEEPS STORMS MOVING. HOWEVER...WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY WATCH FOR BACKBUILDING. CANT RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS AND TSTMS SATURDAY AFTN AS MORE WLY LOW FLOW AND BREAKS IN CLOUD PUSH AFTN TEMPS TO NEAR 90F IN SOME AREAS. HOWEVER...OVERALL EXPECT TOMORROW INTO SUNDAY TO SEE LESS ACTIVITY. THAT CHANGES AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY AS MAIN UPPER LOW FINALLY BEGINS TO EJECT ACROSS THE AREA. SHOULD SEE YET ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN/SEVERE THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY TUESDAY. AFTER THIS LAST ROUND EARLY IN THE WEEK...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A VERY PLEASANT WEEK FOR SOUTHEAST TX NEXT WEEK. 48 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 114 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015/ AVIATION... MADE SOME TWEAKS TO THE TAFS FOR THIS AFTN/EVENING. FOR THE MOST PART HAVE TAKEN THE MENTION OF PCPN OUT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTN (SAVE FOR THE LBX WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISO DEVELOPMENT COM- ING IN FROM THE SW). SHORT-TERM MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING FOR THE START OF THE NEXT BATCH OF STORMS TONIGHT AOA 06Z. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 69 88 68 87 68 / 60 30 10 20 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 72 87 70 88 71 / 60 50 10 20 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 73 79 72 79 72 / 40 60 10 20 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 338 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-252045- 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- 338 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF ROUGH WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-252045- 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- 338 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF ROUGH WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
452 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
TXZ163-164-176-177-198-242230-
MADISON TX-TRINITY TX-GRIMES TX-WALKER TX-HOUSTON TX-
452 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON...WESTERN
TRINITY...EASTERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL
GRIMES COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 450 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISONVILLE...AUSTONIO...LOVELADY AND MIDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3107 9533 3082 9593 3098 9604 3109 9584
3109 9577 3113 9578 3130 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 239DEG 39KT 3094 9593
!KP!The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed some trees on Mary Street and Shady Creek Lane.
Dime sized hail was reported in the El Campo area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2015
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: 572352, 572349.