8 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 7:18 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 718 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2003 SHORT TERM...MSAS SHOWS HIER DWPTS MVG NW FM ADJ GULF INTO VLY NOW...WITH LLVL MSTR ON THE INCREASE. A WEAK SFC TROF OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED JUST OFF THE COAST OF KENEDY COUNTY. WINDS ARE NE AT 5 TO 10 MPH NOW...AND WILL SOON FALL TO CALM AS VLY CAUGHT IN COL FM 1023MB HIGH OVR LBB AND 1022MB HIGH OVR ADJ GULF NEGATE PGF. FG FORMATION LIKELY...SOME AREAS DENSE PER USUAL. ALSO...H5 LOW SW OF BAJA EJECTING PACIFIC MSTR NE INTO NRN OLE MEX...WITH ADVECTION PULLED SE OVR RGV VIA NW H5 FLOW ALONG RIO GRANDE RIVER. NO CHANGES NECESSARY ATTM. MARINE...BOY020 MAINTAINS 2 FOOTERS IN NE FLOW OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS. XPCT WINDS TO DECREASE AS SFC HIGH DOMINATES OFFSHORE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A STRONG 5H TROUGH DIGS INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE U.S. SUNDAY THRU MONDAY...INDUCING A MAJOR SURFACE LOW. STRONG SOUTH FLOW WILL BUILDS WINDS AND SWELLS ALONG THE LOWER TX COASTLINE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT IN PULLING A SURFACE FRONT OFFSHORE LATE MON AS THE 5H TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST LIFTS NE. LGT SURFACE WNDS AND NARROW TEMP/DWPT SPREAD TONIGHT WILL GENERATE AREAS OF MARINE FOG TNGT. .BRO...NONE. SYNOPTIC-AVIATION-MARINE...PHILO (58) MESO...ABBOTT THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 515 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG COULD POSE A HAZARD FOR EARLY MORNING DRIVERS. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BY MID MORNING SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY REQUIRE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES. A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE MONDAY, AND THE NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES CAN BE ANTICIPATED AGAIN LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. PHILO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
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, February 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: 5344544, 5344545, 5344546, 5344547, 5344614, 5344615, 5344616, 5344617.