Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- July 18, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston Hobby Arpt
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -95.283
Tree down near the airport.
Damaging Winds in Texas, July 18, 2003
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 18, 9:23 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:23 AM CST, 2 hours 27 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, 6:03 AM CST, 5 hours 47 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 radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fort Bend
- When
- July 18, 12:16 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, Fresno
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.533, -95.450
Downed tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- July 18, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 1 mi N of Almeda
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.617, -95.433
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 18, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 18 to 19, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 18 to 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 18 to 19, 2003
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 18, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2003
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: 5372560, 5372562, 5372561.