Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1158 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

UPDATED THE ZONES A WHILE AGO FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

.HGX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
       TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

42/46/31

UPDATED PRELIMS...
CLL EB 070/087 069/090 068 523
IAH EB 070/087 069/090 069 522
GLS EB 072/083 072/084 072 522

GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-021200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
900 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EDGE THEIR WAY INTO THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO HUNTSVILLE TO LIVINGSTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONGLY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL BECOME MORE CERTAIN WITH LATER FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AS THE STORMS TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE AREA CONTINUE TO HEAD TOWARD SOUTHEAST TEXAS.