1 lightning, 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 Sep 10, 1:15 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 215 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 A MESSY FORECAST ON TAP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HIGH PWS COUPLED WITH INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH RAIN CHANCES FRI-SAT MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE RAIN TONIGHT WITH HIGH PWS FAVORING SHRA/TSRA REDEVELOPING TOWARD MORNING OVER COASTAL SECTIONS. LOW CONVECTIVE TEMPS ON THURSDAY WILL YIELD COVERAGE SIMILAR TO TODAY...PROBABLY A TAD HIGHER DUE TO BETTER UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. AS PREVIOUS FORECASTERS HAVE ALREADY NOTED...HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL INCREASE FRI/FRI NITE. WITH STRONGLY DIVERGENT UPPER LEVEL WINDS... A LOW LEVEL FOCUS AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE...HEAVY RAIN LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET. FLASH FLOOD DECISION TREE INDICATES SOME SPOTS WILL RECEIVE 7 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN BY SATURDAY MORNING. GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN MOVING THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA WITH THE ETA MUCH SLOWER. PREFER THE ETA TIMING AS UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE PARALLEL TO THE FRONT WHICH SUGGESTS A SLOWER MOVEMENT. THE SLOWER MOVEMENT IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE UKMET AND CANADIAN. MARINE FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND NO MAJOR CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. 43/46 .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL TT 074/089 073/083 068 253 IAH TT 076/087 075/085 072 363 GLS TT 080/087 079/085 077 363
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-110930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 323 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE COAST AND SPREAD INLAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE NORTH. AREAL COVERAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ONCE THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two men struck by lightning, one fatality.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Galveston | 2003-09-10 | Male | Other | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5337374.