Funnel Cloud, Colorado
- When
- July 8, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Colorado County, 6 mi NE of Eagle Lake
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.621, -96.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Texas, July 8, 2003
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 8, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 200 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS CWFA. SHRA/TSRA MOVING NORTH AT A GOOD CLIP NORTH NEAR 25 KNOTS. TUTT OVER COASTAL REGION WEAKENING BUT ENHANCING LOW LEVEL INFLOW OF MOISTURE ACROSS REGION. PWATS TO REMAIN NEAR 2 INCHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A GRADUAL LOWERING THEREAFTER AS PER GFS. WE EXPECT SAME SCENARIO ON WEDNESDAY W/LIKELY POPS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES AND HIGH CHANCE NORTH. REGION WILL STILL BE IN DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW THEN. MESO-ETA INDICATE UPPER RIDGE FROM WESTERN CONUS STARTING TO EXPAND TOWARDS OUR REGION ON THURSDAY PUSHING SHEAR ZONE TO EAST OF REGION BY THURSDAY NIGHT. GFS IS SLOWER IN DOING THIS BY 24 HOURS. WE SHALL SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS ON THURSDAY TO CHANCE (40 PERCENT) AND SLIGHT CHANCE FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL SHEAR ZONE MOVES TO THE COASTAL REGION. THE EXTENDED PORTION (WEEKEND AND LATER) WILL HAVE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING POPS FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS. MAX TEMPS INCHING UP TO MID 90S AND MAY EVEN APPROACH UPPER 90S ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES W/SUBSIDENCE FROM UPPER RIDGE. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA MAY CHANGE THE SCENARIO OF OUR EXTENDED FORECAST ESPECIALLY FOR THE MARINE WATERS. THIS WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED. 37/41 .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL TB 074/090 074/092 074 353 IAH TB 075/089 075/091 075 363 GLS TB 079/087 080/088 080 363
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 6:00 AM CST, 11 hours 58 minutes before
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-091200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 700 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 8 to 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 8 to 31, 2003
- Wildfire in California, July 8 to 11, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 8 to 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Illinois, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 2003
- Wildfire in California, July 8 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 8, 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: 5373838.