Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

May 2, 2003, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Jacinto County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1217 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1215 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
  MILES WEST OF COLDSPRING...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  COLDSPRING
  SHEPHERD

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3080 9533 3046 9534 3037 9519 3051 9489
          3066 9512 3082 9520

$$

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 11:58 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.