Hail in Texas, February 23 to 25, 2003

Name: Hail in Texas, February 23 to 25, 2003
Start: 2003-02-23T17:58
End: 2003-02-25T04:04
Location: Texas

February 23 to 25, 2003 · NWS HGX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $18,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 23, 5:40 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 5:40 PM CST, 18 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
540 PM CST SUN FEB 23 2003

ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM ANGELINA COUNTY TO AUSTIN COUNTY. AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WARMING WELL INTO THE 70S COMBINED WITH THE LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE HAVE ALLOWED THE STORM TO DEVELOP. HAVE UPDATED THE
ZONES TO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL ZONES.
TWENTY PERCENT IN THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES...30 PERCENT ELSEWHERE. NO
OTHER CHANGES. 46/33

...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT STILL PRODUCING BRISK WINDS ACROSS CWFA BUT
SHOULD SLACK OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW MOVES TOWARDS
ARKANSAS. DRY LINE/PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH AHEAD OF FRONT WILL
DRAMATICALLY LOWER DEWPOINTS AS IT APPROACH NW ZONES. COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...CENTRAL ZONES NEAR MIDNIGHT...AND SHOULD APPROACH THE COAST
NEAR 07Z. FRONTAL LIFT WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH BROKEN CLOUDINESS AS IT
MOVES ACROSS REGION. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS REGION
LATE MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WITH BEST LIFT OVER NORTHERN ZONES. MODEL
SOUNDINGS WOULD INDICATE LIGHT RAIN PRECIP DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
NEXT IN THE SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. GFS INDICATE COASTAL TROUGH
DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY AND THEN MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPING AGAIN THURSDAY
IN RESPONSE TO FOLLOWING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY. GFS HINTING AT WEDNESDAY
HAVING A BETTER CHANCE OF CONVECTION FROM THESE SERIES OF IMPULSES
W/STRONGER LIFT FROM UPPER LEVEL JET. FRIDAY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW/TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THAT WILL MOVE
ACROSS MID WEST (NORTH OF OUR REGION) WITH ENERGY SHEARING DURING
THE WEEKEND. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THE MODELS AT THIS
TIME FOR NEXT WEEKEND. MOISTURE AND LIFT MAY BE MARGINAL...HENCE WE WILL
KEEP POPS AT THE LOW SIDE FOR NOW.

WE WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CAUTION FOR BAYS AND 0-20 NM COASTAL
WATERS...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR 20-60 NM COASTAL WATERS FOR
TONIGHT.

37/47/DH

.HGX...SCA 20 TO 60 NM UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
       SCEC BAYS AND 0-20 NM UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

CLL EE 041/050 041/053 043 126
IAH EE 046/056 043/057 045 125
GLS EE 055/058 049/058 051 125

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 7:00 AM CST, 10 hours 58 minutes before

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
700 AM CST SUN FEB 23 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Polk

When: February 23, 5:58 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Onalaska
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.817, -95.133

3/4 inch hail.

Hail, Polk

When: February 23, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Polk County, 2 mi ENE of Corrigan
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 31.017, -94.783

Quarter sized hail.

Hail, Waller

When: February 25, 4:04 AM CST
Where: Waller County, Monaville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.950, -96.033

Nickel sized hail.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, February 2003

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: 5342667, 5342668, 5342669.