2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 7, 1:00 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 200 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2003 KHGX RADAR SHOWS A VERY ACTIVE AFT ACROSS SE TX AS HEATING IS PRODUCING SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS AREAWIDE. A FEW CLUSTERS OF TSTMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM AND TRAINING IS ALSO OCCURRING. ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN 2 INCHES OF RAIN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVE HOURS FOR INLAND LOCATIONS. WILL CARRY SCT POPS AREAWIDE TONIGHT AS COASTAL ZONES WILL LIKELY GET ACTIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAIN FORECAST ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE THE CHC OF RAIN AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. AS MID/UPPER LOW MOVES INTO SE TEXAS TONIGHT AND STALLS OVER THE REGION TOMORROW...EXPECT A GOOD CHC OF SHWRS AND TSTMS. THIS FEATURE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN...BUT PW VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND 2 INCHES AT LEAST THROUGH WED. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOMORROW AREAWIDE. RIDGING AT MID LEVELS STILL EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. WITH AREA ON THE EDGE OF THE RIDGE CENTERED WEST OF SE TX...SLIGHT CHC OF PRECIP WILL STILL EXIST FOR SE HALF OF THE AREA. TEMPS SHOULD RISE AT LEAST INTO THE MID 90S AS ALREADY BEING FORECAST DURING THE FRI-MON TIME PERIOD. FOR MARINE AREA...ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST BELOW CAUTION CRITERIA. 33/41 .HGX...NONE. UPDATED PRELIMS... CLL TT 075/091 075/092 075 463 IAH TT 076/090 076/091 076 363 GLS TT 081/088 081/089 081 463
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-081200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 700 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2003 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE GULF. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...FEEDER ROADS...OR LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR WATERSPOUTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:55 UTC.
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor damage on CR 267 near Valley Drive when a tree fell on a home; two nearby small buildings destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2003Warnings 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: 5373835, 5373836, 5373837.