Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 19, 8:04 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 2 mi ESE of Forreston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.233, -96.833
Hail in Texas, April 19, 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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 5:15 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 5:15 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 615 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 .12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION 600 AM CDT... DRYLINE AND ASSOCIATED DRY SLOT SCOURING WEST TEXAS. AT 11Z...SFC BOUNDARY CDS-SWW-6R6. CONVECTION ABI SOUTHWARD STRUGGLING. SQUALL LINE TO NORTH LOOKING LESS HEALTHY AS IT NEARS SPS. TIMING OF DAY NOT IDEAL FOR +TSRA FOR DFW TRACON...BUT CONVECTION LIKELY TO INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES I-35 AND JUICIER AREA. DRYLINE LIFT COINCIDES WITH UPPER TROUGH...CONVECTION PROBABLE NEAR MIDDAY I-35 CORRIDOR. CLEARING ENSUES SOON THEREAFTER. 12Z SOUNDING SHOWING WINDS NEAR 50KTS AT 2800FT. WINDS UP ALL DAY...SHIFTING TO THE SW... PERHAPS W...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. 25 .EARLY MORNING PUBLIC DISCUSSION 335 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE NEAR THE DRY LINE OVER WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME HOLDING TOGETHER AS THEY ENTER INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. IT APPEARS THAT THE CAP IS STILL IN PLACE OVER MOST OF THE REGION AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECT THE CAP TO ERODE THIS MORNING AS LARGE SCALE LIFT INCREASES WITH APPROACHING TROUGH. LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AND THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS FROM HAIL AND GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SHEAR TO SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO OVER NORTH TEXAS... HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH MORE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO FORMATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT THE DRY LINE TO MOVE EAST DURING THE DAY WITH A THIN LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ALONG IT. THE STORMS SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING TROUGH IN THE PANHANDLE AND STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE A FEW HOURS AFTER DRY LINE PASSAGE. EXPECT WINDS TO TURN TO THE NORTH OVERNIGHT AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MAY BE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS IN THE NORTH ON SUNDAY MORNING... OTHERWISE...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD BE VERY PLEASANT WITH DRIER AIR IN PLACE...RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS...AND AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. FCSTID = 79 DFW 82 54 76 53 / 50 0 0 0 ACT 83 57 80 53 / 40 0 0 0 PRX 82 53 74 50 / 60 30 0 0 DTO 82 52 73 51 / 60 0 0 0 TKI 82 52 74 51 / 60 0 0 0 DAL 82 55 77 54 / 50 0 0 0 TRL 83 54 77 53 / 50 30 0 0 CRS 83 56 78 53 / 40 30 0 0 TPL 84 58 80 53 / 40 0 0 0 .FWD... TX...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES TXZ091>095...TXZ100>107... TXZ115>123...TXZ129>135...TXZ141>148...TXZ156>162...TXZ174>175.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 4:39 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 CORRECTED TO INCLUDE WIND ADVISORY THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A DRYLINE WILL TRAVERSE NORTH TEXAS TODAY...AS AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH ENHANCES LIFT ACROSS THE AREA. BOTH WILL WORK TO ERODE THE CAP...INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTH OF I-20...WHERE A SQUALL LINE MAY DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE SOUTHWEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH NORTH TEXAS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK... BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS MORNING...GENERALLY NORTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-35. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY GENERALLY EAST OF I-35 AND NORTH OF I-20. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION SOUTH OF I-20 TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 25
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:02 UTC.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 19, 2003
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 19, 2003
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 19 to 20, 2003
- High Wind in Texas, April 19, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, April 19, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 19, 2003
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 19 to 21, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, April 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 19, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 5353586.