Texas, 2003

Hail in Texas, August 27, 2003

August 27, 2003 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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
1

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 27, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

ACTIVITY ON THE RADAR IS STARTING TO PULSE UP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING
AS MOISTURE FROM THE GULF KEEPS PUMPING NWD IN THE LOW LEVELS...ALONG
WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE FOUR STATES REGION.
THIS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FEED WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRI AHEAD OF A
SURFACE FRONT WHICH WILL ENTER THE REGION ON SAT...MAKE IT TO THE SRN
REACHES OF THE AREA BY LATE SUN. THIS FRONT WILL THEN MEANDER SLOWLY
A LITTLE FURTHER S BY MON...THEN STALL OUT TUE/WED ACROSS C LA. THIS
WILL YIELD A RATHER WET SHORT TERM THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN DRIER
TOWARD THE END OF THE EXTENDED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR/BELOW
NORMAL WITH THE CHANCES FOR RAIN AND MORE CLOUD COVER...AND
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER WITH AFTER EFFECTS OF THE FRONTAL
SYSTEM.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

SHV 74 92 73 92 / 30 30 20 30
MLU 73 91 72 91 / 30 30 20 30
TXK 75 92 75 92 / 30 30 20 30
TYR 74 92 74 92 / 30 30 20 30
LFK 73 93 73 93 / 40 40 20 40

.SHV...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 11:00 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE COMBINATION OF DAY TIME HEATING AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER
ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE WILL BE ISOLATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Smith

When
August 27, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Smith County, Bullard
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
32.133, -95.333

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5329381.