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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 5, 2003

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special marine warning at Jun 5, 2003, 3:07 PM CDT. It was in force for 113 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: Jun 5, 2003, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Jun 5, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 7:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
700 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AGAIN TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST AND REACH THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
AROUND MID-MORNING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT
BEFORE REACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A SMALL
THREAT OF THE STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS MAINLY OVER
BURLESON...BRAZOS...AND MADISON COUNTIES.

ELSEWHERE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS A SERIES OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTERACTS WITH
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. ACTIVITY WILL
BE SLOW MOVING AND SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS
TODAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED 2 TO 4
INCH AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS
MAINLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DIME SIZED HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FRIDAY...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL OR SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. LATER FORECASTS
WILL FURTHER PINPOINT THIS SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.

SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

TXZ163-177-197-198-051750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1219 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON...
MADISON...GRIMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA HAVE
EXITED THE AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE THOUGH HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

TXZ163-177-197-198-051755-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT TO CHANGE MADISON TO WALKER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1224 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON...
WALKER...GRIMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA HAVE
EXITED THE AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE THOUGH HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Burleson	44 min
Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		84 min
Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		84 min
Jun 5, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		96 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Texas, 2003 Every special marine warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.