1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 5, 8:11 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
911 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003
UNCAPPED/JUICY SOUNDINGS ALONG WITH CURRENT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
BODES WELL FOR INCREASED/WIDESPREAD COVERAGE FOR THE CWA THIS AFTN.
LOOKING NORTH...THE POSSIBILITY OF REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
THE DYING MCS OVER CENTRAL TX SHOULD HELP TO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES
IN THESE LOCATIONS. DRY MIDLEVELS...4K CAPES ALONG WITH THE MYRIAD
OF LINGERING SFC BOUNDARIES ALL POINT TO THE INCLUSION OF THE MEN-
TION OF SEVERE FOR THIS AFTN. 41/45
.HGX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BURLESON...BRAZOS...AND MADISON
COUNTIES UNTIL 16Z.
.UPDATED PRELIMS...
CLL BT 088/073 086/067 089 836
IAH BT 090/074 087/070 088 636
GLS BT 087/078 085/075 086 636
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
UPDATE...SPC WILL BE ISSUING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #481
INCLUDING BURLESON...BRAZOS...AND MADISON COUNTIES. MCS OVER THE
HILL COUNTRY STEADILY PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD REACH THESE
COUNTIES 14-15Z THIS MORNING. EXPECT ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT
BEFORE REACHING NW ZONES BUT THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN ON THE EDGE OF
SEVERE THREAT.
SAW WELCOME RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF AREA WEDNESDAY AND EXPECT TO
SEE MORE OF IT TODAY AND FRIDAY. PER SFC ANALYSIS...WEAK COASTAL
TROF HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE WATERS PRODUCING A FEW SHRA ATTM. THIS
BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ONSHORE THIS MORNING PRODUCING SCATTERED
CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. MEANWHILE...BASED ON
CURRENT MOVEMENT...OUTFLOW FROM MCS OVER NW TX SHOULD APPROACH OR
STALL NEAR NWRN ZONES BY MID MORNING. 06Z GOES SOUNDINGS SHOW LITTLE
CAPPING...PWS AROUND 1.8 INCHES AND CAPES AROUND 4000 SO ATMOSPHERE
HAS RECOVERED NICELY FROM YESTERDAY. WITH SEVERAL BOUNDARIES TO WORK
WITH AND CONVECTIVE TEMPS ONLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S...EXPECT GOOD
COVERAGE OF TSRA TODAY. PLAN TO GO 50-60 POPS ACROSS THE BOARD AND
MENTION THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. BRIEF PULSE-TYPE SEVERE
THREAT EXISTS TODAY BUT WILL NOT MENTION IN FCST.
ETA/GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON A STRONG SHORTWAVE TO AFFECT AREA
FRIDAY...WHICH WILL DRIVE A FRONT OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTH INTO THE
CWA. BOTH MODELS SHOW PWS AROUND 1.9-2.0 INCHES...GOOD SFC-850 MB
CONVERGENCE...AND STRONG UPPER DIFLUENCE AS JET COUPLING IMPACTS NRN
HALF OF AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO FCST LIKELY POPS AREA WIDE
FRIDAY...BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS ADD HEAVY RAINFALL. PREFER ETA
HANDLING OF FRONT WITH BOUNDARY STALLING OVER SRN ZONES FRI
NIGHT/SAT. BOTH MODELS DRY NRN HALF SIGNIFICANTLY...BUT THINK DEEP
MOISTURE (PWS 1.8 TO 2 INCHES) WILL LINGER AND BOUNDARY WILL SERVE
AS FOCUS SO LEAVING CHANCE POPS IN PLACE. PLAINS UPPER LOW FINALLY
PUSHES EAST SUNDAY ALLOWING ANOTHER FRONT TO APPROACH CWA. WILL KEEP
CHANCE POPS IN FOR SUNDAY WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT AIDING
CONVETIVE POTENTIAL. THIS FRONT HAS A LITTLE MORE PUSH SO WILL DRY
THINGS OUT FOR MON/TUE AS WEAK SFC HIGH SETTLES IN. LATE NEXT
WEEK...SUMMER CONDITIONS RETURN AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE GULF.
35/43GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 700 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AGAIN TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND REACH THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AROUND MID-MORNING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT BEFORE REACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A SMALL THREAT OF THE STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS MAINLY OVER BURLESON...BRAZOS...AND MADISON COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS A SERIES OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTERACTS WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. ACTIVITY WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS MAINLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DIME SIZED HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OR SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. LATER FORECASTS WILL FURTHER PINPOINT THIS SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
TXZ163-177-197-198-051750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1219 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON... MADISON...GRIMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA HAVE EXITED THE AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THOUGH HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.
TXZ163-177-197-198-051755- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT TO CHANGE MADISON TO WALKER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1224 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON... WALKER...GRIMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA HAVE EXITED THE AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THOUGH HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage to Shepherd High School and roof damage to an agricultural building and nearby homes.
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: 5355122.