Funnel Clouds and more in the Houston area...

[Extremeweatherguy]

just measured a piece at 1.75" in diameter (after melting a little)!

[Extremeweatherguy]

Hail in north Houston!!!

[WaitingForSiren]

WOW...thats VERY impressive! i was just mentioning an another thread that hailstorm in houstan, too. I have never seen hail like that in my life. I bet you are having the time of your life EWG...

[PTrackerLA]

That one stone is pretty much golf ball size judging by the quarter. Pretty impressive indeed. I've only seen hail like that a few times in my life.

[MiamiensisWx]

I agree... quite impressive hailstones there!

[Extremeweatherguy]

yes, there were even a few larger pieces than those in the pictures, but they had melted down by the time I went out to collect. Also, keep in mind that the above hail pictures were after about 5-10 minutes of melting! I just drove around and did not see much major car damage, but most trees have a pile of sticks and leaves under them and there are some other damaged items. The most amazing thing is the flooding! A small creek near my house (which is usually dry) is now a raging river!!! I am just glad that we did not get high winds with the hail, or else the windows and cars would have fared much worse.

[cheezyWXguy]

geez! how big were they before they melted...tennis ball size?

[MiamiensisWx]

Yeah... quite amazing, but not too surprising. Wasn't those storms that passed through your area quite impressive on radar?

[WaitingForSiren]

Yeah, with wind the damage would have been much worse, or if the hailstones were JUST little larger, density also has something to do with it, as some hailstones are heavier than others.

[Extremeweatherguy]

geez! how big were they before they melted...tennis ball size?

We had 3 rounds of hail. In round one it was mostly dime to penny sized pieces. In round two it was dime to quarter size with a few chunks to golf ball size, and in round three it was nickel to ping pong sized with a few chunks of golf ball to tennis ball sized hail. Once again I am very glad that there was very little wind with this or else windows would likely have been smashed. I am also glad for most people in my immediate area, as they all seemed to have had their cars in the garage/ car port.

[wxmann_91]

Yeah... quite amazing, but not too surprising. Wasn't those storms that passed through your area quite impressive on radar?

They were, but now they are weakening as they move west and south of downtown Houston.

[MiamiensisWx]

True... I suspected that they were weakening a bit now, too.

[WaitingForSiren]

Yeah the cell seems to be diminishing now...but hail up to golf ball sized still likely in the hail core.

[WaitingForSiren]

And its funny how much hail falls in texas, but how little tornadoes there are.

[wxmann_91]

And its funny how much hail falls in texas, but how little tornadoes there are.

Not always. This whole week has been lackluster in terms of torns due to the weak shear, similar to June and July setups.

[WaitingForSiren]

yeah, but the overall pattern seems typical for may IMO. Itd be VERY cold for june or july if this pattern took place in june or july here in MN.

Seems like most texas storms are from instability..and less dynamics. kinda like florida, and the tornadoes sort of pop up occasionally and add up. But then again, with so little people in texas i bet a lot of tornadoes go unreported.

[wxman22]

yeah, but the overall pattern seems typical for may IMO. Itd be VERY cold for june or july if this pattern took place in june or july here in MN.

Seems like most texas storms are from instability..and less dynamics. kinda like florida, and the tornadoes sort of pop up occasionally and add up. But then again, with so little people in texas i bet a lot of tornadoes go unreported.

What?? Texas is second to most populated state, & Texas gets more Tornado's than any other state including Oklahoma....

[Yankeegirl]

We didnt get any thing over here on the west side, not even a drop!! I heard the thunder, but that monster storm was already to my SE... I missed out again!!

[WaitingForSiren]

The reason its the 2nd most populated is because of houston mainly, then dallas and san antonio. Then you factor in its huge size and you get the population. But the thing is, most of the tornadoes that occur in texas in in the barren lands of western or central texas or the panhandle. And the reason the tornado count is so high is due to the amount of storms that annually move through texas, and since any thunderstorm can produce a tornado, they occasionally put down a few day by day. But if you go by the scale of the outbreaks, places like illinois, indiana, kansas or arkansas are far more impressive outbreaks than texas.

[Extremeweatherguy]

I am now hearing from other people that there are a few dents in their cars. I guess this thing did do some car damage after all..

BTW: There is gravel from shingles all over the ground in the area too. I just noticed it when I walked outside barefoot.