Funnel Cloud, Washington
- When
- May 28, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 4.56 mi NW of Gay Hill
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -96.550
A funnel cloud was reported near Lake Somerville.
Funnel Cloud in Texas, May 28, 2015
A funnel cloud was sighted.
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 funnel cloud was sighted.
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 May 28, 11:57 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 11:57 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1257 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 .AVIATION... BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS HAVE ADDED THE MENTION OF VCTS FOR MOST SITES (EXCEPT LBX/GLS) FOR THE REST OF THE AFTN. RIDGING A- LOFT APPEARS TO BE A BIT WEAKER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...SO WE ARE SEEING STORMS HOLDING TOGETHER AND/OR DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AS THE AFTN WEARS ON. ATTM...NOT SEEING ANY LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES FOR THIS PCPN TO FOCUS ON SO WILL KEEP WITH VC WORDING UNTIL THE EVE HRS. HOWEVER SHORT TERM PROGS ARE INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OVERNIGHT TSRA COMPLEX MOVING IN FROM THE NW. 41 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1104 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015/ SFC ANALYSIS HAS MOISTURE AXIS RUNNING FROM THE COASTAL BEND THROUGH C TX AND THEN INTO N C TX. AREA RADAR SHOWING SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER C TX JUST WEST OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BASED ON RECENT HRRR TRENDS. INCREASED CHANCES TO 30 PERCENT FOR THE AFTERNOON BASED ON THIS. MAX TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 80S LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THE DAY AS WELL. AFTERNOON FORECAST WILL FOCUS ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FRIDAY AND THEN AGAIN LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE LATE SAT INTO SUN HAS BETTER SET UP FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY WORKING INTO THE AREA. 39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 88 73 86 72 83 / 30 20 50 20 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 87 74 85 72 84 / 20 20 50 20 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 85 78 84 76 83 / 20 10 30 20 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:00 AM CST, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 500 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-291000- 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- 500 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON COULD ORGANIZE INTO A LINE LATER TONIGHT. SHOULD THESE STORMS PERSIST...THEY COULD REACH AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EDNA TO LIVINGSTON LINE LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME THAT STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BUT IF THEY DO... LOCALLY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE INCREASING THE THREAT FOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MAY BE HIGHER FRIDAY AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AT THESE TIMES WHICH COULD SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-291000- 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- 500 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 28, 2015
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 28, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 28, 2015
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, May 28, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Maine, May 28, 2015
- Rip Currents in Florida, May 28, 2015
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 28, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 28 to 29, 2015
More
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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: 579518.