Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2003, 1:13 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2003, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fort Bend County, TX
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 10:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 10:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1023 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 UPDATE...HAVE RAISED POPS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CURRENT ACTIVITY. 42/46 .HGX...NONE. .UPDATED PRELIMS... CLL BB 096/074 097/075 098 322 IAH BB 095/074 095/075 096 422 GLS TB 090/079 090/080 090 522 -------------------------------------------------------------------- .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (936 AM CDT)... CONVECTION FROM LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING HAS LEFT A WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP. WE WILL ALSO LOOK AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHEAST AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN THAT DIRECTION WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF RACING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. OVERALL...THE FORECAST PACKAGE NEEDS NO MAJOR CHANGES.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 7:03 AM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238- 190400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 703 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH DAYTIME HEATING THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END AROUND 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. OTHERWISE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 58 min | |
| Jul 18, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 26 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.