Power Outage in League City, TX

A large area of the Bolivar Peninsula was without power after strong thunderstorm wind gusts were observed.

There were reports of trees and power lines downed along Highway 96 just west of Highway 3.

Six power poles were blown down near the intersection of Highway 87 and Helen Blvd.

Power poles were snapped at Crenshaw Elementary School.

Power lines were downed in the League City area.

Numerous power lines downed on the island from communities on the West End eastward into downtown Galveston.

Ike produced damage due to high storm surge and high winds along Galveston Island, the Bolivar Peninsula, and along the Galveston Bay. Storm tides of 10 to 15 feet above mean sea level were observed in these areas. Several indirect fatalities due to preexisting medical conditions, lack of power and availability to dialysis, etc. Number of injuries unknown.

Hurricane Humberto affected 170 homes. Five single family homes were completely destroyed, twenty-two received major damage, and forty-nine only minor damage. ||Several High Island homes had roof and shingle damage, a gas station awning collapsed, and a local motel received moderate roof damage. High Island High School received light pole and sign damage. There were widespread uprooted trees and snapped limbs. Within town, larger trees were snapped off at the trunk. ||Numerous power poles were either completely blown down, or pushed over, along Highway 87 towards Canal City and Gilchrist.

Tree down on a house and power line near Highway 96 and Interstate 45.

Utility pole and power lines downed.

Power lines down on FM 2094 east of Clear Creek High School.

Windows blown out of residential homes, roof damage, trees, and fences blown down. Power lines and signs also down.

Roof blown off house and power lines down.

League City Police reported power lines down at Lawrence Road and FM 2094.

Power lines down.

Numerous power lines, street signs, and large tree limbs blown down mainly in the Newport, Brittany Bay, and Landing subdivisions.

Power pole snapped and transmission line down.

Severe thunderstorms during the night of April 23 produced strong wind gusts, resulting in tree and power line, and minor structural damage.

A thunderstorm produced strong wind gusts that took out the power to parts of the Bolivar Peninsula.

Clusters of thunderstorms formed in a regionally moist and unstable air mass ahead of an approaching northeastern surface boundary. One of these storms produced a cloud to ground lightning strike that produced a power outage in League City, Texas.

Humberto was a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall just to the east of High Island early in the morning on September 13th. Wind damage which occurred late on the 12th and early on the 13th was confined to the High Island area of Galveston County and far eastern Chambers County.||Humberto is notable for its exceptional rapid intensification off the Texas coast from a tropical depression into a hurricane within nineteen hours. Maximum rainfall totals from Humberto ranged from around two inches to over fourteen inches mainly along and east of a line from Freeport to the Hitchcock and Texas City area to around Winnie. ||The majority of the damage from Humberto was due to high winds and fresh water flooding that caused minor structural damage along with knocking down trees and power lines. There were no injuries or deaths from Humberto in the Houston-Galveston area.