000 NWUS54 KHGX 190110 LSRHOU PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 705 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...UPDATED SUMMARY OF NOVEMBER 17TH 2003 SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK... ...AT LEAST 19 CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ON MONDAY... TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0947 PM BAYTOWN TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 HARRIS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BAYTOWM. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. 0945 PM BAYTOWN TX F1 TORNADO 11/17/03 HARRIS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR CEDAR BAYOU. 54 APARTMENT HOMES DAMAGED AND 12 HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. DAMAGE PATH 1.5 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. 0906 PM FRIENDSWOOD TX F1 TORNADO 11/17/03 GALVESTON DAMAGE TO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NEAR FM HIGHWAY 2351 AND FM 518. 0858 PM FRIENDSWOOD TX F1 TORNADO 11/17/03 GALVESTON TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT THE FOREST OF FRIENDSWOOD SUBDIVISION. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. 0858 PM FRIENDSWOOD TX TSTM WND DMG 11/17/03 GALVESTON DAMAGE TO HEB GROCERY STORE IN FRIENDSWOOD. 0710 PM 8 S AMES TX F1 TORNADO 11/17/03 LIBERTY TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FM HIGHWAY 563 A MILE NORTH OF PREVIOUS TOUCHDOWN. ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. DAMAGE PATH 1 MILE LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. 0705 PM 10 S AMES TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 LIBERTY TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FM HIGHWAY 563. TREES UPROOTED WITH TREE LANDING ON ONE HOME. DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. 0700 PM KINGWOOD TX FLASH FLOOD 11/17/03 HARRIS FLOODING AT INWOOD FOREST AND IMPERIAL VALLEY SUBDIVISIONS ALONG WHITE OAK AND GREENS BAYOUS. HOMES BEING EVACUATED. 0613 PM PLUM GROVE TX FLASH FLOOD 11/17/03 LIBERTY WATER INTO 6 OR 7 HOMES. 0550 PM DEER PARK TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 HARRIS MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND FENCES AT SEVERAL HOMES IN THE SOMERSET SUBDIVISION. DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. 0520 PM 5 E MONT BELVIEU TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 CHAMBERS NUMEROUS VEHICLES OVERTURNED ON I-10 WEST BOUND AND EAST BOUND AT THE TRINITY RIVER BRIDGE. VEHICLES INCLUDE RVS AND SEMI TRUCKS. I-10 CLOSED FOR A PERIOD. SMALL TREES SNAPPED AND POWER POLES UPROOTED. 0501 PM 5 N DAYTON TX FUNNEL CLOUD 11/17/03 LIBERTY FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED NORTH OF DAYTON ALONG FM HIGHWAY 1008 TO FM HIGHWAY 2797. POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN. 0500 PM BEACH CITY TX FUNNEL CLOUD 11/17/03 CHAMBERS NO TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. 0435 PM DICKINSON TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 GALVESTON SAME AS SANTA FE STORM. DAMAGE TO CAR DEALERSHIP ALONG INTERSTATE 45. NO DAMAGE RATING. 0433 PM HOUSTON TX FLASH FLOOD 11/17/03 HARRIS PARKING LOTS STREETS AND FEEDER ROADS FLOODED AT BELTWAY 8 AND WESTHEIMER IN WEST HOUSTON. 0425 PM SANTA FE TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 GALVESTON ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE. TREE DOWNED. 0330 PM COLDSPRING TX FLASH FLOOD 11/17/03 SAN JACINTO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 0320 PM HOUSTON TX FLASH FLOOD 11/17/03 HARRIS ROADS IMPASSABLE AT MANCHESTER AND INTERSTATE 610 AND LAWNDALE AND INTERSTATE 610 ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOUSTON. 0320 PM HOUSTON TX TORNADO 11/17/03 HARRIS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON. DAMAGE TO PARKING FACILITY NEAR MINUTE MAID PARK. UNKOWN DAMAGE RATING. 0305 PM HOUSTON TX F2 TORNADO 11/17/03 HARRIS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 288 ALONG ARBOR...ROSEDALE AND SOUTHMORE. DAMAGE BEGAN ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE HIGHWAY. MORE THAN 50 HOMES DAMAGED INCLUDING DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS. SEVERAL 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES FELL ON HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES. CHURCH SCHOOL DESTROYED. DAMAGE PATH 1.75 MILES LONG AND 1-3 BLOCKS WIDE...200 FEET TO 900 FEET 0300 PM CONROE TX FLASH FLOOD 11/17/03 MONTGOMERY FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. ROAD ACCESS TO SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS BLOCKED. 0250 PM BRAZORIA TX TORNADO 11/17/03 BRAZORIA DAMAGE TO BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF BRAZORIA. 0207 PM THE WOODLANDS TX FUNNEL CLOUD 11/17/03 MONTGOMERY FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS NEW CANEY. 1207 PM SUGAR LAND TX F1 TORNADO 11/17/03 FORT BEND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND STREET SIGNS DAMAGED AT DAIRY ASHFORD AND WEST AIRPORT ROAD. TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE AT A DAY CARE CENTER. DAMAGE PATH 0.75 MILE LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. 1205 PM SW HOUSTON TX F2 TORNADO 11/17/03 HARRIS THIS IS THE SAME TORNADO AS THE MEADOWS F2 TORNADO...NOT TWO DIFFERENT TOUCHDOWNS. MAJOR DAMAGE TO SOUTHWEST VILLAGE APARTMENTS LOCATED AT WEST BELLFORT AND KIRKWOOD. 1200 PM MEADOWS TX F2 TORNADO 11/17/03 FORT BEND *** 50 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS. MAJOR DAMAGE TO ONE HOME AND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL OTHERS. GARAGE OF ONE HOME LIFTED UP AND BLOWN INTO SEWAGE PLANT THERBY DAMAGING THE PLANT. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. SEVERAL VEHICLES OVERTURNED. TWO OF THE INJURIES CONSIDERED SERIOUS. TORNADO TRACK 3/4 MILE LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. 1030 AM 3 NW BOLING-IAGO TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 WHARTON TOUCHDOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF COTTONDALE ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 111. HEAVY DAMAGE TO TWO BARNS WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. 0920 AM WHARTON TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 WHARTON TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR US HIGHWAY 59 AND THE COLORADO RIVER. POWER LINES DOWNED AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 426 AND 441. 0910 AM PIERCE TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 WHARTON SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES BLOWN OFF US HIGHWAY 59. 0909 AM 10 NE MIDFIELD TX TORNADO 11/17/03 MATAGORDA CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN CLEMVILLE. DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. UNKNOWN DAMAGE RATING. 0906 AM 6 S EL CAMPO TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 WHARTON DAMAGE TO A NURSERY. DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. 0903 AM 8 SW EL CAMPO TX F0 TORNADO 11/17/03 WHARTON BARN DAMAGED AT COUNTY ROAD 307 AND COUNTY ROAD 320. DAMAGE SWATH 0.5 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. 0848 AM MARKHAM TX FUNNEL CLOUD 11/17/03 MATAGORDA FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED NEAR MARKHAM. $$ MORELAND/ROESELER