Texas, 2003Strong Wind in Texas, December 2, 2003
December 2, 2003 · NWS AMA · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A strong gust of wind resulted in a fatal motor vehicle accident in which two people were killed and two people were injured.
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- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $60,000
- 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.
A strong gust of wind resulted in a fatal motor vehicle accident in which two people were killed and two people were injured.
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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 2, 3:48 AM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 3:48 AM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
330 AM CST TUE 02 DEC 2003
SFC LOW OVR ERN COLO IS FCST TO DEEPEN AND MOV TWD PNHDLS TDA.
TIGHTENING SFC PRES GRADIENT THIS AFTN IN RESPONSE TO INCOMING H5
VOT MAX CAUSES CONCERNS FOR WNDS TDA. LLJ OF 35 TO 40 KT IS
ALREADY IN PLACE OVR CNTRL AND NRN SXNS. BELIEVE THAT ST OVR ERN
ZNS WL PRST INTO THE AFTN...AND THAT CI WL COVER MOST SXNS TIL LATE
AFTN. THUS...DO NOT EXPC WND ADZY TO BE NEEDED TDA. CDFNT WL MOV
INTO NWRN ZNS THIS AFTN...AND SWEEP THRU RMNDR OF FCST AREA BFR SR
WED. HAVE RETAINED POPS FOR TDA AND TNGT...MAINLY OVR ERN ZNS
WHERE RICHER MSTR WL BE IN PLACE.
COOLER CONDS ON WED IN WAKE OF CDFNT. ANOTHER CDFNT ON THU DROPS
TEMPS FURTHER. CONTG CAA FOLLOWING THU FROPA SETS MAX TEMPS ON FRI
INTO 40S AREA-WIDE. MODEST RECOVERY ON SAT AS COLD HI MOVS E OF
AREA...FOLLOWED BY DEEPENING SFC TROF AND WMR TEMPS ON SUN. CDFTN
ON MON WL BRING COOLER TEMPS AND SLGT CHC PCPN MON AND TUE.
FCSTID = 03
AMARILLO 62 35 55 30 / 20 10 00 00
BEAVER 57 33 53 28 / 30 20 00 00
BOISE CITY 63 32 52 30 / 10 00 00 00
BORGER 58 34 55 29 / 20 10 00 00
BOYS RANCH 67 33 56 29 / 10 00 00 00
CANYON 62 35 56 30 / 20 10 00 00
CLARENDON 57 39 57 33 / 30 20 00 00
DALHART 66 32 53 29 / 10 00 00 00
GUYMON 60 33 54 28 / 20 10 00 00
HEREFORD 64 35 57 31 / 10 00 00 00
LIPSCOMB 54 37 53 30 / 30 20 00 00
PAMPA 54 37 55 31 / 30 20 00 00
SHAMROCK 56 41 57 34 / 30 20 00 00
WELLINGTON 56 41 59 34 / 30 20 00 00
.AMA...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
COCKRELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 6:00 AM CST, 4 hours before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
600 AM CST TUE DEC 2 2003
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-021900-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
600 AM CST TUE DEC 2 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.
.DAY ONE...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Strong Wind, Hartley
- When
- December 2, 10:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph) estimated gust
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A strong gust of wind lifted a pickup truck and travel trailer off of the highway and into the path of another vehicle. The fatal accident occurred five and a half miles southwest of Dalhart on U.S. Highway 54.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 2003$30,000 · 139 kt wind · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 2 to 3, 200313 events
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 2 to 3, 20038 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 2 to 5, 20037 events
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 2, 20035 events
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 2, 20035 events
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 2 to 3, 20035 events
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 2 to 3, 20034 events
- Dense Fog in California, December 2 to 3, 20034 events
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 2 to 3, 20033 events
- Dense Fog in California, December 2 to 6, 20033 events
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: 5331188.