Hail, Marion
- When
- July 21, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Bexar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.183, -88.150
Penny size hail was reported along US 78 near Exit 3.
Hail in Alabama, July 21, 2003
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 10:14 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 10:14 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR ISSUANCE TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1114 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2003 AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND CAPES 4000-5000. THE NEEDED LIFT WILL COME THIS AFTERNOON AS A SHORT WAVE TROF APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. LOCAL MICROBURST POTENTIAL PLACES NORTHERN COUNTIES UNDER A HIGH RISK FOR PULSE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON LATEST RUCMESO-ETA SOUNDING FORECAST DATA. I WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY ZONE UPDATE FOR NOW...BUT I MAY INCREASE POPS NW COUNTIES IF CONVECTION OVER WESTERN TN CONTINUES TO FILL IN THIS AFTERNOON. .BHM...NONE. ROSE/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
ALZ011>015-017>050-212000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO WEDOWEE. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA...THE WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL ACROSS THIS AREA IS ALSO IN THE HIGH CATEGORY. THIS MEANS THERE IS A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR STRONG PULSE TYPE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FOR THE REMAINING THIRD OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA IS MODERATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AN UNUSUALLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON TUESDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 21 to 24, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 21 to 22, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in New York, July 21, 2003
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 21, 2003
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, July 21, 2003
- Rip Current in California, July 21, 2003
- Flooding in Ohio, July 21 to 23, 2003
- Flood in Ohio, July 21 to 24, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 21 to 23, 2003
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2003
Sources
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: 5376667.