Funnel Cloud, Galveston
- When
- July 14, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Galveston County, Bacliff
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Clouds in Texas, July 14, 2003
2 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 14, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1045 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
WE SHALL MAKE UPDATES TO WINDS BASED ON LATEST TRACK FROM THE TROPICAL
PREDICTION CENTER. CURRENT THINKING IS TO ISSUE AN INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WIND WATCH FOR THE SW COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. HARRIS COUNTY
IS CONSIDERED A COASTAL COUNTY HENCE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED W/INLAND
WIND WATCH. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING SHOULD FOLLOW BY
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 37
MARINE...MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CWF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PER TPC
FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL REACH THE EASTERN WATERS
LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING AND GALVESTON BAY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. FOR
WESTERN WATERS...34 KNOT WINDS WOULD ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AND REACH MATAGORDA BAY LATE MORNING TUESDAY. KEPT 50 KNOT+ WINDS
CONFINED TO WESTERN WATERS FOR NOW AND MENTIONED HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS THESE ZONES TUE AFTN/EVENING. INCREASED SEAS ALL WATERS AS
WELL AND SLOWER TO TREND WINDS DOWN BY MIDWEEK. HEADLINED ADVISORIES
AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 35
.HGX...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
HURRICANE WARNING SAN LUIS PASS SOUTHWARD.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING SAN LUIS PASS TO CAMERON.
PRELIMS...
CLL BB 095/073 095/073 090 224
IAH BE 094/075 089/075 089 235
GLS BE 089/080 087/080 085 256Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 6:35 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-151100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 735 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA... INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHAMBERS...HARRIS...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA... ...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF MATAGORDA AND JACKSON... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE...LOCATED 245 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREEPORT AT 3 AM CDT...IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT 6 MILES AN HOUR THIS MORNING. AS RAIN BANDS APPROACH AND WORK ONTO THE COAST...WATERS SPOUTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SWELLS FROM CLAUDETTE MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION THROUGH TONIGHT. INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...TIDE LEVELS FROM TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. AS RAIN BANDS WORK TOWARD AND ONTO THE COAST...WATER SPOUTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER. FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:06 UTC.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Harris
- When
- July 14, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 5 mi SW of Bellaire
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two funnel clouds spotted at Bellfort and Gessner.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 14, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2003
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 14, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 14, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 14, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5373842, 5373843.