1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 24, 1:55 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 255 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2003 KHGX SHOWS AN ACTIVE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND COASTAL ZONES AS HEATING...A SFC TROF...AND WEAK SEA BREEZE HAVE PRODUCED SCT STRONG SHWRS AND TSTMS. EXPECT SCT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. NORTHERN AREAS ARE LIKELY TO ONLY SEE ISOLATED ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP POP WORDING ALL NIGHT WITH N/NE FLOW ALOFT AND WEAK DISTURBANCES CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SE TEXAS. USING THE DW PT FIELD...THE FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO NEAR TYLER TEXAS. THERE IS A WEAK CONVERGENT ZONE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THIS FEATURE IN THE VICINITY OF A SFC TROF. WILL INCLUDE PATCHY FOG FOR NORTHERN AREAS AS LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DW PTS EXPECTED WITH A WET GROUND IN PLACE. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE...HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP CHC POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS WILL BE LEFT BEHIND OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A MID-UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS NORTH OF THE AREA. THIS FLOW PATTERN IS NOT LIKELY TO EVER PRODUCE ENOUGH SUBSIDENCE TO SHUT DOWN PRECIP DURING THE AFT/EVE HOURS. EXPECT PW VALUES TO REMAIN CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW. BECAUSE OF THESE HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HANDLED TOO WELL BY THE MODELS OF LATE...WILL FORECAST HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE FOR THE POP TOMORROW. WILL STILL HAVE MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES IN PLACE TO WORK WITH AS WELL. NEXT WEEK...THE MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE BACK TO THE ROCKIES AND A DOWNSTREAM TROF WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS WILL BRING A SIMILAR...BUT LIKELY SLIGHTLY LESS AMPLIFIED PATTERN THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST A CHANCE OF RAIN ALL OF NEXT WEEK. 33/45 .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL BB 075/094 074/095 074 232 IAH BB 075/092 075/093 075 342 GLS BB 080/089 080/089 080 342
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1110 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE BOUNDARIES WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE SLOWER MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE THREAT AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MADISONVILLE TO HUNTSVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Man injured in Hillje while trying to cover a grain trailer with a tarp when wind gust blew him down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2003
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: 5372566, 5372567.