2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 2:00 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 300 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2003 DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CONVECTION MOVING OFF THE SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL MOUNTAINS IN NE MEXICO THIS MORNING...BUT PRECIP AMOUNTS IN CWFA ARE LIGHT. CONVECTION NOT STRENGTHENING SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT MOVES INTO CAPPED AREA...BUT ISOLATED CELLS SHOWING A BIT MORE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH AND OFFSHORE...AND COULD MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER. PER PHONE DISCUSSION WITH SPC...NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTING A MAJOR SEVERE OUTBREAK...AS ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ALONG A LINE APPROACHING COT NOT DEVELOPING STRONG CONVECTION. RECENT RADAR SHOWS FRONT ON THE MOVE AGAIN TOWARD COT WITH SOME ISOLATED STRONGER CELLS. THINGS COULD DETERIORATE AS THE FRONT PUSHES TOWARD BRO IN THE EARLY MORNING...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. ISOLATED CONVECTION MAY LINGER INTO AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND RAPID CLEARING SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. THIS QUICK CLEARING WAS INTRODUCED WITH YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS PACKAGE. HOWEVER...DESPITE CLEAR SKIES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SUBSIDENT AIRMASS TO PREVAIL THURSDAY WITH A 500 MB TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES PROVIDING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL SHIFT OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY WITH RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY BECOMING BREEZY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING MONDAY. MARINE...AT 1 AM BUOY020 REPORTED N WINDS 6 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 12 KTS AND SEAS 4 FEET AT 7 SEC. OVER PREV 3 HRS...WINDS HAVE BEEN LIGHT AND VRBL WITH SEAS STEADY UNDER WEAK SPG AS STRONG COLD FRONT MOVG ACRS CNTRL TX TWD THE COAST. SCT/NMRS CONVECTION EXPECTED THIS AM...SOME PSBLY SVR. BLDG SEAS DUE TO STRONG N WINDS IN WAKE OF FRONT WILL NECESSITATE SCA TDA...AND LIKELY THRU WED AM AS SFC RIDGE MAINTAINS TIGHT SPG. SFC WINDS VEER TO SE ON THU...AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES OVER NW GULF. ON FRI...NEXT H5 TROUGH APRCHS PAC NW AS MDT SE FLOW CONTINUES. BY SAT...SPG TIGHTENS BTWN RIDGE OVER GULF AND SFC TROUGHING OVER W TX...INCRG SE WINDS TO SCEC LEVEL OVR BAY AND OFFSHORE. AVIATION...MVFR TO IFR COND EXPECTED TONIGHT THRU SUNRISE...DUE TO VSBY AND CIGS WITH SHRA/+TSRA AND G30KTS...AS COLD FRONT MOVES ACRS DPSOTEX. AFTER FROPA...EXPECT MVFR DUE TO CIGS WITH -RA/-SHRA AND G25KTS...BECMG VFR BY MID AFTN. CLEARING LATE TONIGHT...AS H5 TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO DPSOTEX VEERING MID LVL WINDS TO NW. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO TU 069/049 070/047 075 40/10/00/00/00 HRL TU 070/047 072/045 077 40/10/00/00/00 MFE TU 071/048 074/048 078 40/10/00/00/00 RGC WU 068/047 075/048 080 40/10/00/00/00 SPI TU 069/050 070/049 072 40/10/00/00/00 .BRO...SCA GMZ130-150-155-170-175. 54/63/59 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-091100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 600 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WILL REQUIRE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING. 59
TXZ252-081300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 646 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2003 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN COAHUILA MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING. ONE OF THESE STORMS IS MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM...DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 59
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:23 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe wind gusts associated with a thunderstorm downed power lines near Rio Grande City.
Large hail was reported by the Santa Anna National Wildlife Refuge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2003
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: 5355615, 5355617, 5355616.