11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 10:57 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1157 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 AVIATION DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE WDLY SCT AROUND THE KDFW TRACON AND SCT AROUND THE KACT TRACON. AN ISOLD SVR TSRA IS POSSIBLE SOMEWHERE ACROSS NTX 21-02Z. OTHERWISE...VFR THIS TAF CYCLE WITH VARIABLE EASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS. 75 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PUBLIC DISCUSSION... AS EASTERLY WAVE MOVES WESTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN TEXAS...APPEARS WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SLIGHTLY MORE CONVECTION TODAY. HAVE UPPED POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND ADJUSTED WINDS TOO. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LEFT ALONG FOR NOW. 06Z AVN SEEMS TO BE TOO FAR NORTH AND TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH PRECIP...BUT WILL WAIT FOR THE 12Z RUN TO DECIDE ON AFTERNOON PACKAGE. 42 .AVIATION... VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL. LITTLE CHANGE TO GOING TAF FCSTS XPCTD. WIND DIRECTIONS CHALLENGING (S/SE/OR E?)...YET SPEEDS BELOW 10 KTS WILL MAKE THIS A MINIMAL CONCERN. OTRW...SHOULD SEE ISOLD CONVECTION KDFW AREA WITH MORE SCT CONVECTION TOWARDS KACT IN 21Z-03Z TIME FRAME...AS SUB-TROPICAL MSTR CONTS TO DEEPEN IN WEAK ELY FLOW ALFT...WITH THE OCCNL VORT MOVING IN FROM THE GULF AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOWS INDUCING LIFT. LEAVING CB OUT OF DFW AREA TAFS...BUT WILL EITHER MENTION VCTS/OR AT LEAST CB KACT WAY. SAME SONG...SAME DANCE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 05/ .EARLY MORNING PUBLIC DISCUSSION 155 AM CDT... UPPER RIDGE LIFTS NORTHWARD ENOUGH TO ALLOW EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MOST NUMEROUS SOUTH...ACROSS THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER. UNFORTUNATELY...HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER...SO AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL NOT DROP. FORECAST MODELS BRING A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY...BUT IT WILL BE HARD TO PENETRATE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. SHOULD THE FRONT MAKE IT THIS FAR SOUTH...WE COULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST PERIOD. FCSTID = 59 DFW 98 76 96 76 / 20 20 20 20 ACT 97 73 95 73 / 30 30 30 30 PRX 97 74 96 74 / 20 20 20 20 DTO 98 75 97 75 / 20 20 20 20 TKI 98 75 96 76 / 20 20 20 20 DAL 98 76 96 76 / 20 20 20 20 TRL 97 75 95 75 / 20 20 20 20 CRS 97 74 95 74 / 30 30 30 30 TPL 96 73 94 73 / 30 30 30 30 .FWD... TX...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-222100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1140 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. 05/
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:49 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
Cooperative observer in Moline reported wind damage.
Radio station KCLW AM had their antenna blown down.
Travel trailer being towed on Interstate 35 blown over and a mobile home was unroofed.
Light poles at a baseball field blown down.
Utility pole blown down by high winds.
Trees and power lines blown down by high winds.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
Highway signs at Oakland and Interstate 30 blown down.
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, August 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: 5379525, 5379526, 5379527, 5379528, 5379529, 5379530, 5379531, 5379532, 5379533, 5379534, 5379535, 5379536.