6 funnel cloud, 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 Sep 1, 2:02 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 302 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2003 MESSY...MESSY...MESSY. 850-500 FLOW INDICATING THAT MOISTURE TAP IS SHIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WITH GRACE NEAR PRX VERY SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTHEAST (THOUGH THE RUC GIVES IT A LOOP DE LOOP TRACK BACK INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS). SETX GETS INTO A LL COL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND SHOULD YIELD UP VERY SLOW STORM MOTIONS TONIGHT BUT LITTLE CONVERGENCE. IPWV 2.2-2.3 ACROSS THE AREA. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES AND THE SOUTHERN...WITH A MINIMA IN BETWEEN. WILL RE-EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH BACK WEST AND RUN IT TIL 9 AM TUESDAY. WILL BE FAVORING THE ETA12 FOR WINDS AND THE WINDSHIFT WOBBLING AROUND AND PERHAPS GETTING INTO THE NW ZONES TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY THEN RETREATING. COLD FRONT IS SHALLOW AND WIND PROFILERS IN WEST TEXAS/AND VIS SATELLITE DONT GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COOL AIR HAS MUCH PUSH. WILL CONTINUE HIGH POPS TONIGHT AND TAPER BACK TO CHANCE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE CARRIBEAN...ETA TAKES DISTURBANCE THROUGH THE YUCATAN STRAITS AND THEN SLOWS AND GETS CARRIED OFF NORTHEAST...AVN UPPER PATTERN INDICATES IT WOULD TRACK WEST...THOUGH MORE SHEARED/HYBRID. WILL MAKE LITTLE IF ANY CHANGES BEYOND FRIDAY AS CONFIDENCE IS VERY LOW. 45/37/DH/BT .HGX...FLOOD WATCH ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 9 AM. PRELIMS CLL TE 072/086 072/091 072 45854 IAH TE 074/085 073/091 073 45754 GLS TE 078/086 079/088 079 45754
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 613 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AS A VERY MOIST FLOW OFF THE GULF PERSISTS. TRAINING OF STORMS AND ASSOCIATED POTENTIAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON TO NEW CANEY TO HOUSTON TO RICHMOND TO WHARTON TO CORDELE. THE THREAT FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 4 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE THE STRONGEST TRAINING DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. PREPAREDNESS PLANS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
6 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel cloud along Hwy 90 between Rosenburg and East Bernard.
Funnel cloud reported near Jersey Village.
Funnel cloud reported near Katy.
Funnel cloud reported at Hwy 290 and FM 2920.
Funnel cloud reported at intersection of Westheimer and Addicks.
Two funnel clouds reported outside of Missouri City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 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: 5337383, 5337384, 5337385, 5337386, 5337387, 5337388.