1 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 14, 1:17 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 217 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003 BIT OF A DIFFICULT FORECAST. THE MODELS DID NOT SEEM TO INITIALIZE VERY WELL...HOWEVER THE GFS AND MESO-ETA SEEMED TO RECOVER WELL. LIKED THE GFS FOR THE FORECAST GIVEN ITS RECENT HISTORY. THE MODEL SUGGESTS THAT EVEN THOUGH HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE OVER THE 850 AND 700 MB TROUGHS...THESE FEATURES STAY IN PLACE TO THE NORTH OF SE TX INTO LATE TUESDAY. BECAUSE OF THIS...A FEW MORE CLOUDS WILL LINGER OVER AREA THROUGH MONDAY. AS THE MOS SUGGESTS...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOULD LINGER OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES DUE TO SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT EVEN THOUGH THE WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD. THE NEXT FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE THURSDAY OR EARLY FRIDAY. IN THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES WILL KEEP THE SCATTERED POPS IN PLACE TONIGHT...THEN 20 PERCENT MONDAY. EVEN THOUGH THE GFS KEEPS HIGHER PW VALUES IN PLACE THERE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...THE APPROACHING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SHOULD HELP SQUASH THE RAIN CHANCES MID WEEK. ELSEWHERE AM EXPECTING THE RAIN RISK TO DIMINISH BELOW 20 PERCENT TONIGHT. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP OVER THE GULF WATERS TONIGHT. WILL ISSUE A CAUTION FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. PL-40 33 HGX...SCEC 00 TO 60 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL. PRELIMS... CLL EB 065/089 065/091 067 2-0 IAH EB 066/088 066/090 067 210 GLS EB 075/085 075/086 075 221
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-151200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 700 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 Houston radar (KHGX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel cloud reported near the intersection of FM 521 and Hwy 60.
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: 5337381.