Hail, Waller
- When
- April 22, 11:18 AM CST
- Where
- Waller County, Hempstead
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.100, -96.083
Tennis ball sized hail covered the ground
Hail in Texas, April 22, 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
- $15,000
- 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 10:55 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:55 AM CST, 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1155 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2003 HAVE UPDATED THE ZONES TO MENTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO UPDATED THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. SO FAR...HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. 42/43/31/30 .HGX...NONE. UPDATED PRELIMS... CLL TT 079/064 076/065 081 525 IAH TT 079/065 077/067 080 525 GLS EE 077/069 077/069 076 324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (952 PM CDT)... CURRENTLY WATCHING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (MORE THAN ANTICIPATED) MOVING INTO OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES. FORECAST HAS HIGHER POPS UP NORTH AND WILL GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THEM THERE. WILL ADJUST THE POPS DOWN JUST A BIT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AS IT APPEARS GREATEST CONCENTRATION WILL REMAIN UP NORTH. 06Z GFS RUN HAD A MUCH BETTER HANDLE ON THE CURRENT ACTIVITY THAN THE 06Z MESOETA. DO NOT SEE ANY OBVIOUS SHORTWAVES ON WATER VAPOR BEHIND THE CURRENT ONE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...SO THINK THAT THE BULK OF OUR ACTION WILL OCCUR THE REST OF THIS MORNING AND ON INTO THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO THE UPDATED PRELIMS BELOW. 42/43/31
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 10:45 AM CST, 33 minutes before
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1145 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:20 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
- Tornado in Montana, April 22, 2003
- Hail in New Mexico, April 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Rain in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 22, 2003
- Strong Wind in California, April 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 22 to 23, 2003
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 22, 2003
- High Wind in Colorado, April 22, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 22, 2003
- Hail in Texas, April 22, 2003
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, April 22, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, April 22, 2003
- Hail in Colorado, April 22, 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: 5352814.