6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Aug 24, 2:25 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 325 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2003 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH A LITTLE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL HIGHS. THE PATTERN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...AND WHICH SHOULD ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. INCREASED CLOUD COVER WILL RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES BY THE END OF THE WEEK...AND WE MAY ONLY SEE HIGHS IN THE 80S NEXT WEEKEND. FCSTID = 58 DFW 76 96 76 96 / 10 20 10 20 ACT 72 94 72 95 / 10 30 10 20 PRX 72 96 74 96 / 10 30 10 20 DTO 72 98 73 97 / 10 20 10 20 TKI 73 98 73 97 / 10 20 10 20 DAL 76 96 76 96 / 10 20 10 20 TRL 75 97 74 96 / 10 20 10 20 CRS 74 96 74 95 / 10 30 10 20 TPL 72 93 72 95 / 20 30 20 20 .FWD...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 325 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME PENNY SIZED HAIL. OTHERWISE...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ISOLATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. 80
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down by high winds.
Wind damage of an unknown type was reported by the county Sheriff.
Reported by KTEN meteorologist.
Large tree limbs blown down by high winds.
A man was killed as he sought refuge behind the wall of a Home Depot under construction. High winds blew the wall down on him. The time is estimated.
Wind damage of an unknown type was reported by a spotter.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas | 2003-08-24 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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: 5379537, 5379538, 5379539, 5379540, 5379623, 5379541, 5379542.