2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Oct 5, 1:24 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 224 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2003 FRONT QUASI-STATIONARY FROM NEAR ABI-DFW-SHV LINE WITH OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. SKIES OVER THE AREA HAVE BEEN PARTLY CLOUDY EXCEPT FOR MADISON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS HAVE CONTINUED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT TO SEE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DIP SLOWLY SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS WEAK LL ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FROM EAST TO WEST AND LL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION NEAR TXK MOVES EAST. LEFT FRONT QUAD IN SUBTROPICAL JET TO TRAVERSE SETX LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS TROUBLESOME AS COOL PUSH VERY WEAK. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ETA/GFS AGREE THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE MOVED INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES OR COASTAL WATERS...BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE ISSUE IS PLACEMENT OF WINDSHIFT. RAIN-COOLED AIR AND STRONGER CAA (ALBEIT WEAK) DIRECTED INTO LA SO WILL BRING THE BOUNDARY IN THE BACKDOOR THROUGH TRINITY COUNTY TONIGHT AND UTS IN THE AM AND IAH AROUND MIDNIGHT. OUTFLOW FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD PUSH AN OUTFLOW INTO CLL AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE AT ITS PEAK THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN WANES QUICKLY. SHOULD GET ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND IFR CONDITIONS AFTER 10Z LIFR POSSIBLE FOR CIGS AND VISBY. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING MAY BE AN ISSUE FOR MONDAY BUT WILL LET THE CHANCE POPS RIDE. ETA TRYING TO SPIN SOMETHING UP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE YUCATAN AND GIVEN ETAS PAST PERFORMANCE WILL IGNORE THIS AND FAVOR THE GFS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BEYOND. SLIGHT DRYING FROM THE NORTHEAST THROUGH TUE-THU. PROFILE BEGINS TO MOISTEN UP ON FRIDAY BUT LARGE SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES REMAIN WELL REMOVED FROM OUR REGION. ECMWF HAS TRENDED LESS PROGRESSIVE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE SLOWER MRF YESTERDAY AND TODAYS FASTER RUN...LEADING TO A PACIFIC FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY. 45/47/D .HGX...NONE. CLL EE 067/083 067/085 065 443 IAH CE 068/083 068/085 065 243 GLS EE 071/083 070/082 070 223
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 500 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2003 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON. LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado caused significant damage to 25 homes and minor damage to 200 other homes. Roof damage to structures with numerous trees and power lines down around the city. One injury was reported.
Tree limbs down which shattered two cars' windshields.
Tornado caused minor damage to a building.
Winds toppled two trees onto mobile 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, October 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: 5372087, 5372088, 5372089, 5372090.