1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 21, 9:30 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
930 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003
CURRENT WEATHER ANALYSIS AND OUTLOOK...
ONGOING WEATHER TRENDS REFLECT A VERY WET SITUATION.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE REGION TO THE NORTHEAST AND
ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTIVE WEATHER MOVING EASTWARD INTO THE
WESTERN COUNTIES AS THIS IS BEING WRITTEN.
MID LEVEL LOWS...ONE TO THE NORTHEAST AND ANOTHER TO THE WEST ARE
THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE ONGOING CONVECTIVE WEATHER. SURFACE LOW OFF
THE TEXAS COAST PROVIDING FOCUS FOR LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW INTO
THE REGION. MID LEVEL FLOW IS TO THE NORTHEAST AND ANALYSIS HAS THE
CURRENT LOW TO THE WEST AND ITS ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE WEATHER BEING
THE LAST EVENT EFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY.
LOOK FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING AS THE LAST OF THE MID LEVEL LOWS
MOVES NORTHEAST.
THE 4AM FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED. ADJUSTING WINDS AND REMOVING
MORNING WORDING.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE AGAIN AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO DIG
SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE BIG BEND. DYNAMICS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
HEAVY RAIN TODAY WILL COME TO AN END AS THE UPPER LOW SWEEPS ACROSS
SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPS TODAY WILL VARY LITTLE DUE TO
RAINS. CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP TO NEAR
NORMAL VALUES. MUCH DRIER ATMOS SATURDAY AND A BIT OF DOWNSLOPING
WINDS OVER WESTERN COUNTIES WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE TO NORMAL OR
ABOVE NORMAL. SOME INCOMING CIRRUS SUNDAY WITH THE NEXT STORM
SYSTEM SWINGING THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. A BACKDOOR TYPE FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY SETTING UP ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BY MID WEEK.
.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THOROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 555 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ONE HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE EAST HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS TODAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...CAUSING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM NEXT WEEK WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR NEXT WEEK.
TXZ171>173-184>194-202>209-217>225-228-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 731 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
TXZ171>173-184>194-202>209-217>225-228-211630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1000 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY HAS EXPIRED... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN MEXICO INTO THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Guadalupe River at Gonzales crested at 39.25 feet on February 22 at 0330CST, where 31.0 feet is flood stage.
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: 5340229.