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Old 11-01-2016, 08:05 PM
 
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Which area gets the most intense thunderstorms dfw or houston?
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Old 11-01-2016, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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Houston gets hurricanes!
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Old 11-02-2016, 08:09 AM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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DFW thunderstorms often have huge hailstones that do significant damage. Both areas can have equally intense thunderstorms but very large hail is unusual in Houston area.
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Old 11-02-2016, 08:36 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Maximum intensity is probably similar, but when DFW gets a storm, it tends to be an intense event. Houston probably has more storms and they run from milder to extreme.

Dallas will get more stronger tornadoes, Houston will get a lot of small ones.

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80 tornadoes were reported in Dallas county between 1950 and 2007

Houston's county (Harris) reported the most tornadoes in Texas with 212, with most being weak F0 tornadoes. This is a result of high annual thunderstorm and tropical/hurricane activity along the Gulf coast.
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Old 11-02-2016, 11:54 AM
 
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probably Dallas gets more intense thunderstorms more often
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Old 11-02-2016, 03:11 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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I agree with the previous posters. It seems the area west of Fort Worth gets it pretty bad every spring. Thunderstorms, intense localized flooding, tornadoes, hail, etc.
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Old 11-03-2016, 01:18 AM
 
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Houston gets more storm overall, but they tend to be benign, as per pure maritime origin from the Gulf. Dallas gets fewer storms, but the storms are more likely to be severe.
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Old 11-03-2016, 03:26 AM
 
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Lubbock and Midland out there on the plains just south of Lubbock 11:30 at night worst lightening storm I have ever seen driving back to Houston from Denver.
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Old 11-03-2016, 04:34 AM
 
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According to this map from the NOAA site, the Houston/Beaumont region gets the most cloud-to-ground lightning in the state (for some reason it's better closer to the beach from those cities):

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/...sity_miles.png
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Old 11-03-2016, 12:04 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Houston gets a ton of rain from being so close to the Gulf, and it rains amazingly hard at times, much harder than in Dallas. North Texas gets it's heaviest rains from northern cold fronts mixing with humid air, so there will be hail sometimes.
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