7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 26, 12:13 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 113 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003 MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS HAS ERODED ENOUGH TO ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM A BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED WITH MID MORNING UPDATE. COVERAGE OF TSRA HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE NE AND THUS HAVE ISSUED ANOTHER UPDATE TO BUMP UP TEMPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ZONES AND TO INCREASE POPS TO 30 PERCENT ENTIRE FA. AFTERNOON DISCUSSION WILL BE OUT BY 2 PM. 80 .AVIATION DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 1220 PM... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...EVEN OVER TARRANT AND ROCKWALL COUNTY. EXPECT THE MOST COVERAGE OF STORMS TO THE EAST OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES. HOWEVER...WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND MODERATE INSTABILITY...THERE COULD BE A BRIEF SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AT ANY OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT MID LEVEL CEILINGS TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS SHOULD SCATTER OUT BRIEFLY THIS EVENING BUT RETURN EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. 942 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003 HAVE UPDATED ONCE AGAIN TO ADJUST TEMPS DOWN IN MOST LOCATIONS AS MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS LOOKS TO LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS....MAYBE MOST OF THE DAY. SHRA HAVE LINGERED ACROSS MAINLY THE SW HALF OF N TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SOME OF THIS IS LIKELY REACHING THE GROUND. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE POPS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY FOR ALL OF THE FA. DID SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY TRENDS AS WELL. REST LEFT ALONE. 80 .FWD... TX...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-262130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 430 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. AN ISOLATED...BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP WITH LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS THE MAIN THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 400 PM. 75
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:34 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A porch was blown off a house north of Quinlan.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
Construction workers took refuge under the wide span part of a garage of a house under construction.The frame collapsed on top of them, killing one and injuring four.
Wind damage of an unknown type was reported by the county Sheriff.
A house under construction was damaged by high winds.
Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down by high winds.
A two story home was heavily damaged by a lightning started fire.
A woman had to be rescued after driving her car into high water.
A lightning started fire did $300,000 damage to a house.
Street flooding was reported on North Beach Street north of Interstate 820.
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, Collin | 2003-08-26 | Male | Long Span Roof | 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: 5378859, 5378860, 5378861, 5378862, 5378863, 5378864, 5378865, 5378866, 5378867, 5378871, 5378869, 5378870, 5378868.