Texas, 2003

Hail in Texas, April 24, 2003

April 24, 2003 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 6:22 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:22 AM CST, 3 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR TOR WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
722 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

SVR STORM FLARED OVER CALDWELL COUNTY WITH DIME SIZE HAIL.
NEW TOR WATCH #155 WILL COVER EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES ONLY.

TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...
PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMS FLYING THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE,
MOVING FARTHER AWAY AS SUMMER APPROACHES.  THE UPPER LOW OVER KANSAS
IS PROGGED TO MOVE OVER MISSOURI FRIDAY WITH A SUBSIDENT NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT OVER TEXAS. THE DRY LINE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EASTERN
ESCARPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. WILL BE LACKING SUFFICIENT DAYTIME HEAT
TO GENERATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (CONVECTIVE TEMPS, PER
GOES SOUNDINGS, ARE IN THE UPPER 90S). UPPER RIDGING TAKES HOLD
FRIDAY KEEPING THE AIR DRY AND ALLOWS TEMPS TO RISE QUICKLY.  THEN A
SHORT WAVE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE RIDGE MONDAY SENDING CLUMPS OF
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS.  AVN HAS CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK  VORT MAXES
ROAMING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  WILL DISREGARD THESE.  AS FAR AS
PRECIP GOES DURING THIS PERIOD, LOOK TO THE DRY LINE OUT WEST FOR
LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IF CONVECTIVE TEMPS
ARE REACHED, AND SOME LIGHT RAIN UNDER THE LOW LEVEL JET AT NIGHT
WHILE P.W.S ARE GREATER THAN 1.3.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE TYPICAL SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER SCENARIO
SOUTHERLY SFC WINDS WITH LATE NIGHT STRATUS AND PARTLY CLOUDY, HUMID
AFTERNOONS.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
AUS 87 56 90 53  3000
SAT 88 58 85 54  2000
DRT 92 58 90 55  0000

.EWX...TORNADO WATCH FOR LEE FAYETTE AND LAVACA COUNTIES UNTIL 1
PM...

06/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:40 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-251100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
540 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY
TODAY WHILE INTERACTING WITH A MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF IT.  SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS MORNING ALONG AND
EAST OF A MOUNTAIN HOME TO DILLEY LINE.  DUE TO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS
THIS MORNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  AFTER THE
DRYLINE PASSES...RAIN CHANCES WILL END.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY WEDNESDAY.  HOWEVER...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:10 AM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
710 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0705 AM    MCMAHON                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY
                                          COOP OBSERVER

CM
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:10 AM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
710 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0705 AM    MCMAHAN                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY
                                          COOP OBSERVER

CM

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:25 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caldwell

When
April 24, 6:25 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
Where
Caldwell County, Mc Mahan
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
29.850, -97.517

Hail, Fayette

When
April 24, 6:40 AM CST to 6:55 AM CST
Where
Fayette County, Muldoon
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
29.817, -97.067

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

More

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5349596, 5349597.