Storms in Texas in 2003

3,224 events in 678 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2003, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Texas in 2003 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 3,224
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 139
Damage: $532 million
Episodes: 678

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	1,448	2	10	$133 million
Thunderstorm Wind	741	1	12	$3.2 million
Flash Flood	380	1	4	$23 million
Tornado	167	1	103	$75 million
Drought	144	0	0	$240 million
High Wind	88	0	0	$461,000
Winter Storm	77	0	5	$15 million
Funnel Cloud	39	0	0
Flood	32	0	0	$24 million
Lightning	29	3	1	$626,000
Tropical Storm	24	1	0	$6.9 million
Dense Fog	21	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	10	0	2	$11 million
Heavy Rain	9	0	0
Heavy Snow	4	0	0
Dust Storm	3	0	0	$80,000
High Surf	3	0	0
Strong Wind	2	2	2	$70,000
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$25,000
Wildfire	1	0	0
Winter Weather	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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June 2003

July 2003

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September 2003

October 2003

November 2003

December 2003

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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.