STORM2K

I decided to make a page with information on the hail storm that blew through northwest Houston on May 4th, 2006.

My personal experience:

I had just gotten home when I learned that a severe thunderstorm was moving in. With this, I quickly ran up to get my camera hoping that I would get some nice shots of the storm. When it arrived, heavy rain began to fall with vivid lightning, but overall it was un-eventful. Next thing I knew, however, dime sized hail began to fall. This dime sized hail lasted about 5 minutes and then grew to become penny sized (the severe limit). After another 5 minutes, the hail grew again...now nickel size. The next thing I knew, all hell had broken loose and a five to ten minute period of quarter to tennis ball sized hail was unleashed. The noise the hail made was crazy. I feared that a window would break at any time. But, luckily, my immediate area escaped with overall minor damages. The damages that were common at my immediate location included holes in a nearby shed...a cracked solar light...dents in cars...some shingle damage...and lots of lost tree foliage.

Here is a short, slow-motion video of the hail falling in the area I was located:

hail clip.mov

Also, here are a few pictures I captured after the storm:


^^Large hail!^^


^^Hail damage to a palm^^


^^Cracked solar light^^

Around the area:

Around the area damages were even worse, and hail to baseball size was even reported. The damages included more extensive car dents...busted car windows...and even a few busted housing and building windows. I do not have any pictures of this damage.


..More information may be available on local news websites or through a google or SPC search..

A roofer was just in the area within the last hour and the roofing damage is actually much, much worse than I thought. Most of the homes he looked at need a new roof after the storm.

Extremeweatherguy wrote:A roofer was just in the area within the last hour and the roofing damage is actually much, much worse than I thought. Most of the homes he looked at need a new roof after the storm.

be careful....consider the source..."of course" the damage was severe

Where's the picture of YOU?

Wow Extreme...looks like you're living up to your name! Awesome pics and video clip you captured.

Oh, and what she said.

LOL. no picture of me this time...I was too busy getting pictures of the hail/damage. May be next time I will remember to take a few shots with me in them.

jschlitz wrote:

Extremeweatherguy wrote:A roofer was just in the area within the last hour and the roofing damage is actually much, much worse than I thought. Most of the homes he looked at need a new roof after the storm.

be careful....consider the source..."of course" the damage was severe

good point.