B737 flight attendants suffered injuries after aircraft encounters updrafts.

Attributes
ACN	622291
Time
Date	200306
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	200306
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : i90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	622291
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Flight attendants were hurt when aircraft hit unexpected updraft. They had been given 10 min warning about small cloud buildups in area as we got closer to iah. Cloud did not even show on WX radar.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLT ATTENDANTS SUFFERED INJURIES AFTER ACFT ENCOUNTERS UPDRAFTS.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANTS WERE HURT WHEN ACFT HIT UNEXPECTED UPDRAFT. THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN 10 MIN WARNING ABOUT SMALL CLOUD BUILDUPS IN AREA AS WE GOT CLOSER TO IAH. CLOUD DID NOT EVEN SHOW ON WX RADAR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.