Late night isolated severe thunderstorms developed across parts of Southeast Texas and produced large hail.
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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.
Late night isolated severe thunderstorms developed across parts of Southeast Texas and produced large hail.
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 1, 11:15 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1215 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 .AVIATION... 06Z TAF UPDATE...OVERALL THINK TAFS ARE ON TRACK. FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF KCLL TO KLFK SHOULD PUSH SOUTH THE NEXT 12-18 HRS AND LIKELY BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL KEEP VCTS IN TAFS BUT MAY NEED AMMENDMENTS TO TAFS SHOULD CONVECTION BE MORE ORGANIZED AND AFFECT TERMINALS. MVFR CIGS THROUGH THE MORNING SHOULD LIFT IN THE AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. 39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 56 76 54 81 57 / 20 0 0 0 0 HOUSTON (IAH) 60 78 56 82 59 / 20 10 0 0 0 GALVESTON (GLS) 66 78 64 79 67 / 20 10 0 0 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...40 AVIATION/MARINE...39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 707 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-021215- 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- 707 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR STORMS. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD COME TO AN END WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE ON MONDAY. MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS IN ITS WAKE MAY REQUIRE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MID WEEK ONWARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-021215- 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- 707 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGER CELLS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. 30 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY IN THE STRONGER CELLS. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DIMINISH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COOL FRONT ON MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Houston/Galveston TX
1131 PM CDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM HAIL 6 SSE ONALASKA 30.74N 95.06W
05/01/2016 E0.88 INCH POLK TX BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE BLANCHARD
COMMUNITY OF WEST LIVINGSTON.
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EVENT NUMBER HGX1600126
40The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:00 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported near the intersection of 67th Street and Heards Lane.
Golf ball size hail was reported near Willis.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2016
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: 635553, 635554.