3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 Jun 3, 1:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 212 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN PLACE OVER SE TX INTO THIS WEEKEND. THE PATTERN APPEARS TO SUPPORT BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN THIS WEEKEND...THEN THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS LOOK IN DECENT AGREEMENT...BUT GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODEL FORECAST WILL STAY BELOW WHAT THE GFS IS INDICATING. FORECAST ITEMS OF CONCERN INCLUDE POPS AND SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...POPS INTO THE WEEKEND...AND TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT. CURRENTLY THE SEA BREEZE WAS DEVELOPING SHOWERS OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. FEEL THAT AS AFTERNOON HEATING CONTINUES...STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. THE BEST LOCATIONS WILL BE NEAR THE FRONT OVER THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES. WITH THE NORTHWEST FLOW...ANY STORMS DEVELOPING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD. STILL FEEL THERE IS AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND WILL KEEP THAT WORDING IN THE FORECAST. BETTER RAIN CHANCES WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES LOOK TO OCCUR TOMORROW AS A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS N TX. THE MODEL FORECASTS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN ON THE COOL SIDE...AND WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MODELS...MAINLY THE GFS...REALLY CRANK UP THE PW/S AT THE END OF THE WEEK. THE 2.5 INCHES LOOKS A BIT UNREALISTIC...BUT BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF DEVELOP A SURFACE TROUGH AND LOW ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BOTH INDICATE LIKELY POPS FOR THIS PERIOD...BUT AGAIN GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY WILL KEEP THOSE DOWN TO THE CHANCE RANGE. PL-40 33 .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL BB 072/093 073/093 073 343 IAH BB 073/094 073/094 073 333 GLS BB 079/090 079/090 079 233
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SPOTTER INFO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1110 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A STATIONARY FRONT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DUE TO A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE THREAT AREA WILL BE PRIMARILY NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO LIVINGSTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCLUDE AREAS FURTHER SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THEREFORE...AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR ARE INCLUDED IN THE RISK AREA LATE TODAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF 102 TO 107 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN...AND USE SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado formed just northeast of the Sugar Land Airport (Hull Field) and moved north into the city. Several homes received minor roof and other property damage.
High winds uprooted trees, downed fences and ripped roofs off barns.
60 mph wind gust in Wixon Valley.
Trees down along FM 974 near Wilson Pasture.
Observed off the coast near Jamaica Beach.
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, June 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: 5355117, 5355118, 5355119, 5355120, 5355121.