1 flash flood, 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 2, 1:40 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 240 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003 LOOKS LIKE YET ANOTHER SOGGY DAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. THERE HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM POLK AND TRINITY COUNTIES SOUTHWESTWARD TO AUSTIN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AREAL COVERAGE IS NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS YESTERDAY...BUT ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ON A STEADY INCREASE THIS MORNING. A NORTH-SOUTH BAND OF STORMS IS DEVELOPING IN COLORADO...WHARTON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES. PW VALUES REMAIN IN THE 2 TO 2.2 INCH RANGE...SO HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET. WITH ALL THE WET GROUNDS AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAIN...WILL MAINTAIN THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 4 PM...AND THE DAY SHIFT CAN EVALUATE IF IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...IT LOOKS LIKE A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE FORCED THROUGH THE REGION...PROBABLY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. THIS WILL USHER IN SOME COOLER AND DRIER AIR AND SHOULD ALLOW THE AREA TO DRY OUT SOME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL MEANS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE WE GET ALL THE RAIN OUT OF HERE LATER THIS WEEK...WE SHOULD BE IN FOR AN EXTENDED STRETCH /ABOUT 4 OR 5 DAYS/ OF DRY WEATHER. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN LOOKS TO BE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. 46/33 .HGX...FLOOD WATCH ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 4 PM. PRELIMS CLL TE 084/072 089/071 092 744 IAH TE 085/073 088/071 090 744 GLS TE 086/078 087/078 088 744
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 610 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 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. STORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON 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), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water flowing over FM 2550 1 mile south of FM 1696. High water in and around Huntsville.
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: 5337288.