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The most snow ever reported in southeast Texas was during the Valentine Storm of 1895, which swept southeastern states and dumped 20 inches of snow in Houston, Space City Weather reports, pointing ...
An Extreme Cold Watch is in effect for much of southeastern Texas, including Houston and Galveston for Tuesday night for lows dropping into the teens and wind chills dropping as low as 7-18 degrees.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) placed about 9.5 million people from Central and North Texas to far south-central Oklahoma in a Level 1 out of 5 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk ...
However, itemized estimates from 1901 based on assessments conducted by the Galveston News, the Galveston chamber of commerce, a relief committee, and multiple insurance companies indicated that the storm caused just over $17 million in damage throughout Galveston, including about $8.44 million to residential properties, $500,000 to churches ...
The biggest snowstorm on record in the now-I-10 corridor was the blockbuster storm more than 100 years ago, from Feb. 14-15, 1895, which dumped a whopping 6-20 inches of snow along the Texas and ...
The storm also causes heavy rains where it makes landfall, peaking at 18.9 in (480 mm). [125] At one point, the storm knocks out power to as many as an estimated 2.6 million people. [1] Ike is one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit Texas and one of the deadliest, causing $19.3 billion in damages and killing 84 people. [1]
In Galveston, by 4 p.m. CDT (2100 UTC) on September 12, the rising storm surge began overtopping the 17 ft (5.2 m) Galveston Seawall, which faces the Gulf of Mexico; [29] waves had been crashing along the seawall earlier, from 9 a.m. CDT. [38] Although Seawall Boulevard is elevated above the shoreline, many areas of town slope down behind the ...
Katy, Texas Porter Heights, Texas Severe weather warnings and watches map. This story has been updated to add new information and to clarify that the funnel clouds seen are suspected tornadoes.