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 23, 3:00 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 300 AM CST SUN FEB 23 2003 MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE WETTING TREND COMING UP THIS WEEK. ALTHO THE ETA HOLDS BACK ON BEGINNING OF DRIZZLE BY 12 HOURS. HAVE ADJUSTED TIMING BASED ON THIS LATEST RUN. CLOUDINESS AND RAIN WILL KEEPS TEMPS ON COOL SIDE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WITH MODERATION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES OPENS UP, IT PUSHES THE CANADIAN AIRMASS OUT OF THE AREA AND ENDS THE PRECIP FROM THE WEST. ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM SEND ANOTHER BACKDOOR COLD FRONT INTO TEXAS SUNDAY. PRELIM NUMBERS... AUS 76 41 48 40 0034 SAT 76 43 48 43 0034 DRT 78 49 52 48 0034 .EWX...NONE. 06/08
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 555 AM CST SUN FEB 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. AFTER AN UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY TODAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S... COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO COME TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... UNSEASONABLY COLD LATE FEBRUARY WEATHER AND CLOUDY SKIES IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGH HUMIDITY WITH RAIN LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE FOR DAMP AND CHILLY CONDITIONS...PLUS SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON WET ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY WITH COLD TEMPERATURES. AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVES NEAR THE AREA WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH WARMER AFTERNOONS. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 645 AM CST SUN FEB 23 2003 ...UNSEASONABLY WARM TODAY AND UNSEASONABLY COLD MONDAY... AS A LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA TODAY...MILD AIR FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THIS WILL MAKE FOR A SUNNY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TONIGHT IN WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. UNSEASONABLY COLD LATE FEBRUARY WEATHER AND CLOUDY SKIES IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGH HUMIDITY WITH RAIN LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE FOR DAMP AND CHILLY CONDITIONS...PLUS SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON WET ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY WITH COLD TEMPERATURES. AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVES NEAR THE AREA WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH WARMER AFTERNOONS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Guadalupe River at Cuero crested at 26.10 feet on February 24at 1415CST, where 20.0 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: 5341346.