Texas, 2026Tropical Storm in Texas, June 17, 2026
June 17, 2026 · NWS HGX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Tropical Storm Arthur produced strong winds and heavy rains over portions of Southeast Texas.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tropical Storm Arthur produced strong winds and heavy rains over portions of Southeast Texas.
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 Jun 16, 11:23 PM UTC, 15 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 11:23 PM UTC, 15 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Tropical Storm, Bolivar Peninsula
- When
- June 17, 9:51 AM CDT to 9:56 AM CDT
- Where
- Bolivar Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Bolivar Peninsula experienced tropical storm force winds from Tropical Storm Arthur. Weatherflow station XCRB Crab Lake measured a maximum sustained wind of 35 knots and a maximum wind gust of 47 knots.
Tropical Storm, Galveston Island
- When
- June 17, 9:31 AM CST to 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Galveston Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Galveston island experienced tropical storm force winds from Tropical Storm Arthur. Galveston Scholes Field KGLS ASOS station measured a maximum sustained wind of 39 knots and a maximum wind gust of 57 knots.
Tropical Storm, Coastal Galveston
- When
- June 17, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Coastal Galveston forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Galveston experienced tropical storm force winds from Tropical Storm Arthur. Weatherflow station XLEV Levee measured a maximum sustained wind of 34 knots and a maximum wind gust of 43 knots.
- Tropical Storm
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 17 to 18, 20261 injured · $3.4 million · EF3 · 32 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 17, 20263 injured · EF3 · 92 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 17 to 18, 2026$1.3 million · EF2 · 22 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arizona, June 17, 20261 death · 2 injured · $38,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 17 to 20, 20262 injured · $3.6 million · EF1 · 45 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 17 to 18, 2026$718,000 · EF2 · 11 events
- Tornado in Iowa, June 17, 2026$678,000 · EF2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 17, 2026$437,000 · EF2 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 17, 2026$986,000 · EF1 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 17, 2026$210,000 · EF1 · 18 events
- Tornado in Missouri, June 17, 2026$125,000 · EF1 · 1 event
- Hail and Strong Wind in Illinois, June 17, 2026$150,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1342027, 1342022, 1342031.